Bermuda Employers’ Council welcomed Government’s plans to retrain unemployed workers as it noted the Island unemployment problem spreads wide.
BEC, which has previously estimated 3,000 people have lost jobs in a two-year period, said the recent Unemp...
DATE: Aug 05, 2011 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
In 2009 a parasite struck Bermuda hives and we may have lost more than half of our bee population. The parasite varroa has stuck bees all over the world in a similar fashion, killing millions.
Added to that, poor farming practices are also negativel...
Twelve young Bermudians were awarded Peter Leitner Arts Scholarships in a special presentation ceremony at the Windjammer II Gallery this week.
Nine of the twelve are first-time recipients.
Receiving scholarships for the first time were: Rachel Anto...
A young group of Island students who are studying overseas have been given a helping hand by Smith’s Parish Council.
Scholarships have been awarded to six students who are currently furthering their education in the US, UK and Canada.
And former MP O...
DATE: Aug 04, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Food was the focus of this year’s summer programme organised by the St George’s Foundation’s Director of Education, Leondra Burchall. “RIP It: Bringing History to Life with Food Summer Student Programme” ran for one week in July at The World Heritage...
The average age of unemployed people is 38, according to Government’s recent Unemployed Registration Drive.
Just over 1,000 people registered at the initiative designed to find out the needs of those who have fallen victim to the economic crisis, Eco...
DATE: Aug 04, 2011 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
“Our Nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.” Blaise Pascal
I could hear the rain pelting down. The wind stirred and the house creaked. By daylight the rain had cleared and the sun was out.
By the afternoon the clouds gathered again and th...
Meliseanna Gibbons earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Psychobiology, a Music minor with a specialisation in pre-med with university honours from La Sierra University California during their commencement exercises on June 19, 2011. S...
Skin cancer is a colourblind and fatal disease, according to Rhonda Smith-Simmons, education officer at the Bermuda Cancer Health Centre.
She told a meeting of Hamilton Rotarians this week that “skin cancer is the most preventable cancer, so it is re...
Two Bermudians were last week chosen to represent Bermuda in a prestigious modelling competition to be held in London next spring - after another Bermudian girl won the same competition in March. Jessie Moniz recently sat down with all three girls at...
