Local charities have benefited from $885,000 handed out by the Bank of Bermuda Foundation.
The eleven organisations selected all aim to improve quality of life. The funds will aid projects ranging from supporting promising athletes to assisting the e...
A cross-party parliamentary committee reviewing how educational reform is being implemented in the wake of the Hopkins Report wants to hold its meetings in public, its chairman said yesterday.
Government MP Neletha Butterfield, who is heading the bip...
DATE: Aug 27, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Time to catch up
August 23, 2008
Dear Sir,
Since I have been in Bermuda I have noticed how tricky it is to get around if you are disabled or have young children who use strollers. When I first arrived a year and a half ago, I noticed that it would be...
Government Senator Walton Brown was yesterday named the new chairman of Bermuda College.
The announcement was made at a press conference at which it was also revealed that the introduction of free education at the college this year appears to have he...
DATE: Aug 27, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Come September, with the lazy, hazy days of summer on the wane, thoughts turn to new activities – or a resumption of the old – to pass the time creatively or educationally.
With this in mind the Masterworks Foundation will be covering both bases with...
Education has been the main focus over the years for Bermuda-based companies when it comes to donations.
Recently released figures by The Centre of Philanthropy's Donor Forum clearly indicate that Bermuda-based companies continue to focus considerabl...
Dear Annie: I just started my sophomore year in college and plan on going through sorority recruitment. I've thought about the pros and cons and think it would be a good idea for me to join a sorority.
The problem is, last year, when I brought up the...
Alcoholism and drug addiction can be devastating not only to the abuser but also to family and close friends. Locally the support group Al-Anon was started to help ease the pain and educate those hurting. Later Alateen was formed to help teenagers wh...
The community's health can be gauged by how black men and boys are doing and philanthropic organisations need to understand why there are still barriers to helping them.
That's why last week a group of leaders in their fields met under the umbrella o...
GOLD STARS: Feel like you could use a pat on the back every once in awhile?
Executives at Bermuda-based Accenture Ltd., an outsourcing and consulting firm, are giving their employees just that through a points-based rewards programme, allowing them t...
