It kills more men than prostate cancer and more women than breast cancer — but many people with chronic obtrusive pulmonary disease (COPD) don't even realise that they have it.
Now, the Bermuda Hospitals Board is joining in the fight against the dise...
When Gaynette Holder applied for a job with We Care home help agency in 2005, there was nothing to suggest to her prospective employers that she was anything other than a normal middle-aged mother looking for work.
The 47-year-old had a clean crimina...
Topping the list of concerns of Island CEOs surveyed by the Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) is not work permits or taxation policy — but public education.
The revelation came yesterday at from ABIC chairman David Ezekiel, as he ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
Board of Education chairman Darren Johnston yesterday told an audience of business leaders that Bermuda needs a world-class education system to produce graduates capable of participating in the Island's international business sector.
Mr. Johnston, wh...
DATE: Nov 18, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
Education activists have welcomed a change in the school leaving age from 16 to 18, but questioned what Government has planned to keep students interested in school.
Education Minister El James made the announcement in the House of Assembly on Friday...
Sustainability group Greenrock is urging Government to adopt alternative technologies in transport and building design as it finalises a White Paper on Energy.
The sustainable development group welcomed the Throne Speech announcement of a White Paper...
How many deaths have there been in Bermuda's waters in the past two years?
That's just one of many questions that may never get answered even though Bermuda is set to get freedom of information legislation in the next year.
Ask the same question in t...
DATE: Nov 17, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
With the passing of new pesticides safety legislation through the Senate early this year, the Pesticides Focus Group (PFG) is going into hibernation.
The PFG was formed in 2000 at the encouragement of then Director of Environmental Protection Dr. Tom...
A dreadful building
October 29, 2009
Dear Sir,
On returning to Bermuda after a long summer abroad I was driving along Front Street going from West to East. As traffic was fairly slow I was admiring the different buildings and their architecture as we...
A 'CultureFest' event which was hugely popular in the 1990s — with a theme of a united Bermuda — is set for a comeback in Dockyard next year.
Organisers the Emperial Group say Premier Ewart Brown, Governor Sir Richard Gozney and Opposition Leader Kim...
DATE: Nov 16, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
