Bermuda College should be the preference for technical education above overseas institutions, the new executive officer of the National Training Board (NTB) said yesterday.
Pandora Glasford, former vice president of human resources at ACE, told a pre...
DATE: Jan 07, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The Community Education and Development Programme offers something for everyone. Many classes are free and seniors, aged 65 and over, pay nothing except for computer classes. Primary, middle and senior school students pay a nominal fee.
In the easter...
Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons has called for environmentalists to march on Parliament in protest at a plan to build a beach bar on Warwick Long Bay.
And the Opposition MP said a ban on the development of any more of Bermuda's beaches and co...
DATE: Jan 07, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
A new year often motivates people to change. Whether a complete overhaul or smaller, significant adjustments are planned, in every case, the individual is striving to be better.
I'll lose 30 pounds. I'll join a gym and start exercising regularly. I'l...
Bermuda's businesses need to work together to lead the Island through the current economic crisis in 2009 and beyond.
That is the hope Finance Minister Paula Cox, who said that the global recession will put pressure on both company and individual inc...
Many boys are not too crazy about reading – myth, reality or subjective speculation. Consensus about the literacy achievement of boys is open to much debate and discussion. What is known is that there are some differences towards how boys approach li...
TOMORROW
Somerset Seventh Day Adventist Church is holding a free health screening with professional consultations at the Somerset Marketplace from 1 pm to 5 pm. Blood pressure, and blood sugars tested we will also look at weight.
January 8, 9 & 10
Tr...
Happy New Year to all of my readers!
Over the holiday I was given a reminder of how many stellar student athletes this country is producing. Because of the time of year, the footballers stand out, both male and female.
The fact that they are in colle...
WHILE the jury is still out on how the retail industry fared this Christmas season, one Dockyard store opened its doors during the holiday despite the spreading global economic recession.
Bellissima, owned and operated by Bermudian Jaime Dawson, came...
FORGET chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Mr. Editor. Christmas in Bermuda is over. Not just literally, mind you, but metaphorically too - and what we now need to be working on is a plan to get our chestnuts out of the fire, and to keep them out. Th...
