Teenage pregnancy in Bermuda has halved in the past 20 years, according to Health Minister Zane DeSilva.
He said there were 140 teen pregnancies in 1990, but only 71 reported between April 2009 and March 2010.
His comments were made on Teen Pregnancy...
DATE: May 06, 2011 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
May 4, 2011
Dear Sir,
Message to Antony Santucci and all his fellow sheep who blindly follow the bleatings of the PLP: Keep telling the voters that the One Bermuda Alliance is the same old, same old ... and then tell them about the triceratops people...
DATE: May 06, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
A 2007 campaign promise, part of the great giveaway of the Progressive Labour Party platform in that year’s election, was broken yesterday.
The promise was free tuition for full-time Bermuda College students, the thinking being that no one should be ...
Muppet Kermit the Frog has famously said ‘it ain’t easy being green’.
Bermuda National Trust wants young people to try anyway.
It’s asking students to wear green tomorrow, and any other day his month, to show their support for the environment.
The ch...
An inspirational mum is setting up a charity to help provide for the children who have been left fatherless in Bermuda’s spate of shootings.
Grejai Smith is to restructure her No Child Goes Without (NCGW) charity to focus on the “real victims” of Ber...
Mother-of-four Nekesha Holdipp says she almost never cries.
But the 34-year-old gets emotional when talking about the void daughters Etana, Eshe and Emoy will have in their lives as they grow older.
The girls lost their father Jamaican-Canadian Geor...
Former member of parliament Austin Thomas will be fondly remembered for his fiery passion and his lifelong dedication to improving Bermuda’s way of life.
Mr Thomas, who died yesterday, was well respected for commanding people’s attention with his pas...
Bermuda’s needs to maintain an ongoing shift in attitude to show it appreciates the value that the insurance industry brings to the Island, Premier Paula Cox said yesterday.
During her visit to the Risk and Insurance Management Society annual confere...
Bermuda recognised Teen Pregnancy Prevention Day today, with Health Minister Zane DeSilva calling on Bermudians to “take charge, not chances”.
Although the Island’s number of under-20 pregnancies has halved over the past two decades, Mr DeSilva urged...
DATE: May 04, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The Premier has paid tribute to former MP Austin R Thomas who died today in Agape House. Mr Thomas had been in ill health since February this year.
In a statement, Paula Cox said she recalled Mr Thomas as a friend and colleague of her late father,Eu...
