Brian Duperreault is learning how to say ‘no’.
After decades of saying ‘yes’ — to the boards of publicly traded companies looking to leverage his golden managerial touch, to non-profit organisations hoping to benefit from his wisdom and guidance — th...
The Institute of Directors Bermuda Branch (IoD) has announced that the organisation has revitalised after a four-year hiatus.
The IoD is a non-partisan business organisation founded in London by Royal Charter in 1903, currently with around 37,000 mem...
Kellie Smith, mother of National Academy player Jordan Smith, has shared with other parents of Academy players the process for applying for scholarships to UK boarding schools during a seminar put on by Bermuda Cricket Board.
The seminar was held fo...
The Department of Education is looking for a new Commissioner of Education to replace Wendy McDonell, who is expected to retire this year.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education said: “The present Commissioner of Education has exceeded her 65th ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Just a year away from getting her medical degree, Bermudian Aisha Bassett was at risk of not being able to return to school. A dedicated student with a promising future in her desired field of neurology and oncology, her studies at the University of ...
I don’t have children but I imagine that it would be great to have a child who wanted to study medicine. Perhaps biased by my own passion for the topic, I always thought such news could only fuel parental pride. But according to local physician Margo...
As Bermuda prepares to begin a new chapter of its political life, at a time when dramatic changes are occurring around the world, collectively we need to be more mindful that change usually creates fear especially with those who feel their world, rig...
DATE: Jan 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Al Seymour
January 10, 2013
Dear Sir
I would like to publicly recognise the Bermuda National Debate Team who will be heading to Turkey later this month to participate in the Worlds School Debating Championships. This is the highest form of competition in the de...
DATE: Jan 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Bermuda needs an educated workforce. And it’s that time again for many students on the island. They are struggling with those interminable university application forms with the excruciating wait to see if they’ve been accepted at the right school.
I...
My frustration and disagreement with the ”union mentality“ I described previously is well documented, as is my desire to discourage persons having a ’welfare mentality‘. It is also my belief that the haves should help the have nots. But we have a res...
