WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More Americans are becoming nearsighted, but it is not clear why, US researchers reported this week.
They found more than 40 percent of Americans aged 12 to 54 developed myopia between 1999 and 2004, compared to just 25 percent...
Bermuda's secondary schools received $30,000 each for participating in PartnerRe's fourth annual Dollars for Hours project.
The project pairs student volunteers with charities to work on community projects.
Education Minister El James attended a priz...
ATLANTA (Reuters Life!) – Acclaimed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, arguably the world's most prominent jazz musician, is set to premiere a major new project – composing a Blues Symphony for orchestra.
In keeping with a career that spans jazz, classical m...
Grass is not always greener
December 11, 2009
Dear Sir,
To the disgruntled CableVision customer: The grass is not always greener on the other side. You have poor visual quality and good sound. WOW has great visual quality but poor sound. Can we get a...
LONDON — Yes, there is something more foreign than being offered kippered herring for your breakfast. It's being offered PopOffsets for your conscience.
After seven hours and 3,325 miles, I arrive here, open the paper and discover that a British thin...
Inflation rose slightly to 0.7 percent but was still at its second lowest level for the year during October 2009, according to the latest figures released by Government.
The Department of Statistics' Consumer Price Index revealed that the rate of inf...
Strong healthy bones are less likely to break and fracture than weak ones. As we age, our bones naturally weaken due to hormonal and chemical changes in the body that tend to make us deficient in the mineral calcium.
Calcium is essential to bone stre...
A Bermuda Under-19 select team finished undefeated in their first appearance at the Capital Area Soccer League (CASL) in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Island team's appearance in the competition marked the first time an international side had competed...
DATE: Dec 15, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Stephen Wright
Seeking a way forward
December 7, 2009
Dear Sir,
It appears the Government has no idea on how to solve the increased crime, or how to show us a way forward through the recession.
DISILLUSIONED
Smith's
Looking for assistance
December 1, 2009
Dear Sir,...
A father-of-one caught smuggling almost $59,000 worth of cannabis into Bermuda was yesterday jailed for three years.
Tyshaon Palmer Rawlins, 24, was convicted by a unanimous jury of bringing eight slabs of the drug in on a JetBlue flight from New Yor...
DATE: Dec 15, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
