Some aid efforts in Haiti are still continuing.
If you want to help, do so by donating your time or funds to the below charities.
Cornerstone Foundation operates feeding and missions programmes in Delmas, Port-au-Prince and can be reached on www.cf...
Despite an overwhelming amount of donations and support that poured in from the local public, many aid workers are still concerned not enough has been done for Haiti.
The Royal Gazette asked several key players in the relief effort to share their ho...
Are we all complicit?
January 7, 2011
Dear Sir,
We opposed apartheid in South Africa because it was a disgracefully racist, unjust system. We managed to force industries, banks and businesses to stop doing business with South Africa. The dismantling ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Athletes representing the Island internationally could be required to take part in random drug testing three times a year.
The testing would be for both illicit and performance-enhancing drugs.
A positive result for the illicit drug marijuana would l...
Every so often Government is called upon to privatise aspects of its operations so as to achieve greater efficiencies. These calls are typically made around budget time and they almost invariably emanate from right of centre commentators and politici...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Walton Brown
A memorial service will be held for former principal of Gilbert Institute Gervase Marson this Saturday.
Mr Marson passed away on December 14 at the age of 90.
The former principal came to Bermuda from England in 1954 with his wife Elsie, who goes by ...
Parenting is a sacred duty, and parents need help in carrying it out.
Such is the basic philosophy behind a new parenting organisation thought up by a local doctor.
After hearing about all the recent violence in the community, Cheryl Peek-Ball decide...
Local physicians heard firsthand from a former psychiatric patient how unsettling and traumatising the actions of health care workers can be on their patients.
Alan Rowland, of Birmingham, England, gave a detailed account of the events that eventuall...
A total of 57 percent of Bermuda’s households have now taken part in the census an improvement on the 51 percent figure that stood in November.
However, the official in charge of the operation admitted yesterday that participation must “climb at a fa...
Deal with the heavy issues
January 10, 2011
Dear Sir,
I see that (Transportation Minister) Terry Lister has decided that the burning issue of the day is the accidents caused by impaired drivers and that per your newspaper, members of both opposition ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
