Sit at the front of the class. It seems like a simple thing, but it may mean the difference between academic success and failure in your first year of college abroad.
This was one of the recommendations, when The Royal Gazette recently asked a group ...
Union executives, Berkeley Institute staff and the school’s board are to meet in an attempt to reach a deal on job cuts, the Bermuda Public Service Union said.
According to the BPSU, the school’s board last week threatened to cut eight out of 15 supp...
A brand new orphanage in Haiti will stand as a “monument” to the generosity of the Bermudian people with a new school to be built next.
Feed My Lambs charity organiser Phillip Rego said an 11-year-old Bermudian girl, Aliana King, gave him a new lease...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Five hundred needy children will show up on the first day of school with brand new backpacks, rulers and even hand sanitisers, thanks to a $12,000 donation from Butterfield Bank employees.
Butterfield is running its back-to-school drive for the third...
BAD is acting badly. In the latest incarnation of its long running effort to abolish conscription in Bermuda, Bermudians Against the Draft have launched a campaign to persuade young black men not to cast their ballot in the next general election. The...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Walton Brown
The Berkeley Institute has proposed cutting more than half its support staff before the coming school year, the Bermuda Public Services Union claims.
Union representatives say they were surprised to learn that eight positions would be axed within one...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday celebrated the 90th birthday of one of its past presidents, Owen H Darrell.
Mr Darrell, who turned 90 on March 16, took the occasion to pass on some sage advice.
“Never grow old,” he told the Rotarians. “Just stay young...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The Berkeley Institute plans to cut more than half its support staff before the start of the next school year, the Bermuda Public Services Union claimed today.
The school’s 15 custodial, maintenance, secretarial and library staff were told last week ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
In her second term as president of the West Indian Association of Bermuda, Susan Moore-Williams aims to make it more cohesive and responsive to members’ interests and needs.
Mrs Moore-Williams, who is also the senior legal aid counsel for the Legal A...
This year’s Gospel Festival 2011 will not only give Bermudians the opportunity to hear world class gospel entertainment, it will also allow six Bermudians the chance to vie for the title of Bermuda’s top gospel singer.
The six contestants for the Div...
