Once a regular reporter for Young Observer, Gherdai Hassell is now a student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro studying public health and nutrition science. She writes about her long-awaited voyage with the Semester at Sea programme s...
About 30 young people who have been treated overseas for psychological issues will “stretch struggling services to the limit” when they return to Bermuda this month.
Concerns are growing that the Island’s public schools system will struggle to cope w...
Premier Paula Cox has told Bermudians they have to stop being self-doubters and self-haters to help turn around the economy.
More than 200 people packed in a town-hall meeting at Warwick Workmen’s Club last night to listen to what Government is doing...
Lovitta Foggo believes she’s proved women are up to the task after three years as Bermuda’s first female Government Chief Whip.
The St David’s MP says her election to the post by Parliamentary colleagues in 2008 paved the way for her to show how fema...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Former Attorney General Phil Perinchief yesterday called for wholesalers who have historically enjoyed a ‘virtual monopoly’ to disclose their markups.
Mr Perinchief also suggested eliminating tax on targeted goods as he put forward his own ideas for ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Belgians have invented Smurfs, make some of the best beer in the world, and know how to fry a potato chip. However, one must say the country's leading newspapers scored an own goal when they took Google to court last year for listing their content in...
Eight more students became Bermuda Foundation For Insurance Studies (BFIS) scholars as the organisation marked its 15th anniversary.
The eight joined the 101 students and alumni, who have previously received educational funding from the Foundation. ...
A new course at the Bermuda College is aiming to give local professionals renewed focus on financial prudence and accountability in the workplace.
The Procurement Course, to be offered beginning in September, will provide professionals in industries...
One Bermuda Alliance MP Shawn Crockwell questioned Premier Paula Cox’s pledge to ‘do more with less’ as he claimed Progressive Labour Party insiders are picking up lucrative consultant contracts.
Mr Crockwell said Ms Cox is continuing a Ewart Brown p...
DATE: Jul 19, 2011 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
The other day school counsellor Anthony Peets was at the Victor Scott Primary playground playing with his two young children, when an 11-year-old approached, swearing a blue streak.
Mr Peets, 47, took the young boy aside. He said to the boy :“Look, ...
