Premier Paula Cox hailed four students as royal examples to their peers, as Bermuda’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations continued yesterday.
“You have given to your community, and service is the rent we pay for life,” Ms Cox told Jubilee Scholars Amanda B...
DATE: Jun 05, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A stay in the ICU is synonymous with death in many people’s minds.
As its name suggests, the Intensive Care Unit, is the hospital ward where patient care is intensive each patient has their own nurse and care is ’round the clock.
This, of course, i...
Public schools face a potentially traumatic time as more than 40 teachers undergo transfers this summer, union leader Mike Charles warned yesterday.
Mr Charles said the switches planned represent the biggest shake-up since Bermuda adopted its middle ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2012 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
A woman found dead under circumstances described by police as suspicious has been named as 41-year-old Fredericka Fox.
Her body was discovered at 5.45pm on Friday, at a property along Point Shares Road in Pembroke.
A small cottage-like building at th...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
All public schools are undergoing teacher transfers this summer, the Education Ministry announced yesterday.
Minister Dame Jennifer Smith said changes are being made following the conclusion of tough consultation with the Bermuda Union of Teachers.
T...
DATE: Jun 02, 2012 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Record-breaking attendance is expected for the Bermuda Captive Conference next week.
More than 550 people are expected to attend the conference, now in its eighth year, organised by Bermuda Insurance Management Association (BIMA), starting on Monday ...
Boulevard Blazers have given 13 players the boot as part of sweeping changes to rid the problem-plagued club of their social ills.
It’s understood the entire squad underwent a rigorous screening and vetting process to weed out those players who no lo...
Keep Bermuda Beautiful has launched a new programme aimed at keeping public areas litter-free.
The Adopt-A-Spot programme, which is an updated version of the once popular Rockwatchers programme, invites residents to adopt a public space and commit to...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pilot programme to support children with autism has been extended to a second primary school.
Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith told a press conference yesterday that the scheme proved so worthwhile at West Pembroke, it was decided to replicat...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The finding of a Coroner’s jury that prison inmate Kino Outerbridge died of a heroin overdose while at Westgate Correctional Facility shines a light on a reality that few want to admit, and even fewer wish to tackle.
The reality is that Bermuda’s pr...
