Five youngsters were awarded the Nicholl Scholarship last week.
Each of the $25,000 scholarships is for a maximum of four years.
Four of the five are enrolled in courses in the United Kingdom: Meghan Jones will pursue a postgraduate diploma in nursin...
A hard-hitting campaign has been launched as a “call to action” to tackle Bermuda’s social ills.
The ads from the Family Centre charity picture young children at play, each wearing labels of the problems they could become.
T-shirts with the words ‘ab...
DATE: Aug 08, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The body of teenager Jahmeiko Perkins was found in a roadside ditch just hours after he told his cousin he was “coming right back” to help her celebrate her birthday.
The 19-year-old, who was known as Meiko, was last seen alive at a family birthday p...
The MarketPlace have partnered with Just Shirts Dry Cleaners to help the Salvation Army provide school uniforms for needy families. Major Shawn Critch, Divisional Commander for the Salvation Army, said that the demand for school uniforms is high as t...
DATE: Aug 08, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
For many students, a summer internship translates into time spent battling the fax machine, reading a 600-page company manual and counting down the hours until lunch and then 5pm.
Not so for Kascia White, 19, and Stephen Lightbourne, 20. They are two...
Without question, Dockyard is considered to be one of the most fascinating areas in Bermuda. Its buildings and architecture are timeless and over recent decades the old Royal Naval Dockyard has certainly enhanced Bermuda’s reputation of being one of ...
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Bermuda will be hosting its second annual Choices event next week at the Berkeley Institute. Organised by Ryan Simpson, director for youth ministry for the Bermuda Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the event is...
KPMG’s partners in Bermuda have awarded scholarships to Christine Terceira of Devonshire and Tansae Wellman of Pembroke.
The accountancy firm said that the decision was made to award two scholarships, valued at $20,000 each, per annum for each of the...
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...
