Staunch independence supporter Alex Scott concedes now is not the time to push for a split with the UK as Bermuda gets to grips with its economic, crime and social problems.
But Mr Scott believes Premier Paula Cox will have enough trust from the publ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2011 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
A 26-year-old man was arrested minutes after five shots were fired outside Warwick Preschool.
The shooting took place at 12.13pm yesterday on Middle Road, near Haywards Supermarkets and the St. Mary's Anglican Church.
It was the second gun incident ...
The Masterworks Museum's “Arts for All” programme held last week was a great experience for children and their parents. There were so many different things to do, from helping to make a felt flower mural and découpage treasure boxes and masks in the ...
A Serbian teacher caught up in a lengthy legal battle with Government has been jailed for three months apparently for failing to pay rent to a private landlady.
Dragana Damljanovic is in the Co-Ed Facility at Ferry Reach, according to charity campai...
DATE: Jan 06, 2011 | CATEGORY: Court | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Saltus headmaster Ted Staunton yesterday defended the school’s decision to expel eight students who were filmed beating up another boy.
A 14-year-old student, who is understood to be the son of a Saltus board of trustees member, required treatment fo...
DATE: Jan 06, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) Mark Twain wrote that “the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.” A new edition of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” will try to find out if that holds true by r...
DATE: Jan 06, 2011 | CATEGORY: Arts & Entertainment |
As another group of Bermuda Regiment recruits prepares for camp and the necessary training, we should revisit the primary means of recruitment today conscription with a view toward its abolition.
There may well have been historical justification for...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Walton Brown
Eight students have been expelled from Saltus Grammar School after a 14-year-old pupil was put in hospital.
The student was taken to the emergency room at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after “birthday punches” got out of control.
A Police spokesm...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Campaigners want drunk drivers to be forced to take an educational course about the perils of alcohol.
Fiona Elkinson, of Bermuda Professional Counselling Services, says currently only about 20 percent of offenders take advantage of Government’s volu...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Bermuda's drunk driving laws could be toughened up after the Island's road death rate for 2010 put it on the verge of the international high-risk category, according to Transport Minister Terry Lister. Reflecting on the 13 people who lost their lives...
DATE: Jan 04, 2011 | CATEGORY: Crime | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
