After a month of flockings, the Bermuda Zoological Society’s pink plastic flamingos are returning to their storage roost until next year.
The fundraiser brought in almost $10,000 through more than 80 flockings across the Island throughout June.
Gover...
Local student Sarah Hopkin has become the Island’s first in 20 years to be awarded a Jardine Foundation scholarship — worth about $200,000.
This means the 18-year-old Bermuda High School graduate, as one of a dozen picked from hundreds, will head off...
DATE: Jul 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A new scholarship for TN Tatem students aims to encourage them to keep on studying long after they leave the middle school.
Five high-achieving pupils have picked up awards totalling $10,000 this year, but they won’t be able to access the funds until...
DATE: Jul 09, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
A school that offers courses in marine technology and boat construction will now offer a full scholarship to Bermudian students.
The Landing School, in Arundel, Maine, will award the scholarship to qualified students seeking to complete one of The La...
An 80-year-old choir singer from Florida — in Bermuda to perform at Seventh-day Adventist Churches — was killed when he crashed his rental motorcycle on Saturday.
Don Wildman died after his scooter collided with a wooden barrier as he travelled west ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
It was a huge gamble when married couple Kevin Lombard and Judith Paixao left lucrative careers in the US to venture to the Island.
But both say packing up and moving here to explore their passion for the arts was worth the risk.
Mr Lombard is an E...
Bermuda’s banks have joined together in the fight against online fraud after an increasing number of e-mail scams on the Island.
Criminals use phishing scams, or phoney e-mails, to try and get customers’ personal and banking information, and they’re...
High-flying CedarBridge Academy graduate Jaret Simmons dreams of designing aircraft for Boeing at the end of his studies.
Jaret has already made history at his school: the 16-year-old graduated with triple honours, after acing the required classes in...
DATE: Jul 07, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Scholarship charity Knowledge Quest celebrated its tenth anniversary this week.
More than 140 students needing financial aid have been able to attend university through the charity’s assistance; more than 100 have graduated.
Knowledge Quest is assis...
July 1, 2012
Dear Sir,
The contents of the below embedded letter represent the formal response to The Royal Gazette regarding recent criticism by Sheelagh Cooper of the Coalition for the Protection of Children regarding the Victor Scott summer progra...
DATE: Jul 06, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
