Premier Ewart Brown is hosting a luncheon for Bermudian students in Washington DC.
Dr. Brown says he wants to try to encourage them to use their talents and newly-acquired skills on the Island.
The reception is for any Bermudians enrolled in colleges...
DATE: Aug 18, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
A gang interventionist insisted yesterday that Bermuda's gangsters "definitely want peace" but said it couldn't happen without Government funding for mediation.
Pastor Leroy Bean, founder of anti-gang group CARTEL, told The Royal Gazette: "I just lef...
DATE: Aug 18, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Teachers have praised Butterfield Bank for donating school bags and supplies to help more than 300 needy children.
Butterfield staff collected over $7,000 after hosting four denim days — the amount was matched by the bank.
Fourteen primary and five m...
Approach to the 'Bunny'
August 17, 2010
Dear Sir,
While I do not agree with the approach or language of critics like 'Buddha Bunny' (Royal Gazette August 17) I have to question the motives of the Premier's press secretary. IF (note the emphasis) this...
A group of employees at Butterfield Bank wants to make sure that every child in Bermuda has the chance for a fresh start at the beginning of the school year.
So, Butterfield employees got together to stuff 300 new school backpacks full of supplies wh...
Judge-alone panels, yes!
August 12, 2010
Dear sir,
We need to hurry up and push for a judge panel to judge gun crimes. Juries just aren't getting the job done here effectively. We all need to pray for successful and stern convictions and punishments....
Premier Ewart Brown's press secretary has asked the Bermuda Police Service to investigate an alleged death threat against his boss on a popular online forum.
Jamahl Simmons said the post, and others on Bermuda Is Another World (http://bermudaisanothe...
DATE: Aug 17, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other |
Private or public schooling
August 12, 2010
Dear Sir,
A recent correspondent in these pages, on August 13, a "competent, committed and capable educator with experience, exposure and expertise", demanded that Bermuda should privatise public education ...
Twenty high achievers have been awarded scholarships from the Bank of Bermuda Foundation, worth a total of $723,000.
Winner Ashley Berry was the recipient of the Sir Henry Tucker University Scholarship, valued at $30,000 per annum for up to four year...
The winner of this year's Bermuda Society of Arts (BSoA) Bursary Award calls art "her territory".
Samantha Gosling, 21, was the recipient of the 2010 $5,000 BSoA bursary award made annually to Bermudian students interested in furthering their post-se...
