She hooked me with the word "debt". "The word alone causes people's blood pressure to rise. It's a hard-sounding word, phonetically in sync with its impact on people's lives," writes Tamara Draut in the foreword to the compelling "Up to Our Eyeballs:...
TODAY
Annual Week of the Young Child Conference. 8.30 a.m. Registration. 9 am to 12.30 p.m. Conference at Prospect Primary. Presenter: Shawn Brown, speaker, author, and edu-tainer . For more information call 232-1875 or 799-1072
Catlin End-To-End Sta...
TODAY
Ebenezer Methodist Church, 7 York Street, St. George's. UCW Market sale, soup lunch, plus stalls: plants, white elephant, baked goods, general merchandise, in the Church hall, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
First Church of God, Angle Street. 'Christian Marr...
Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right recognised in Article 19 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, whose 60th anniversary we celebrate this year.
On World Press Freedom Day 2008, UNESCO pays tribute to the courage and prof...
NEW YORK (AP) — Whatever impressions Pope Benedict XVI took away from his long weekend in New York may influence a big, upcoming decision — picking a successor to Cardinal Edward Egan as archbishop.
Speculating on the next leader of the New York Arch...
More than 2,500 people will walk, cycle, horseride and row the length of the Island today, all in the name of charity. The popular End-to-End challenge, which is now in its 21st year, has raised more than $2.5 million for good causes.
This year's eve...
Some 800 schoolchildren have been introduced to the game of golf in the past year thanks to financial contributions from local businesses, according to Bermuda Junior Golf Association (BJGA).
BJGA chairman Quinton Sherlock jr announced yesterday that...
THE Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB], the largest single regional organisation devoted to wildlife conservation, is holding the 7th annual Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival (CEBF) until to May 22.
Using the theme "Tundr...
Education Minister Randy Horton claimed last night it was "unfair" to Bermudian students to make them sit crucial exams as early as 5.30 a.m. to prevent cheating.
Hundreds of students at CedarBridge Academy, the Berkeley Institute and Bermuda High Sc...
DATE: May 02, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Valerie Dill asked her employer not to buy her a retirement gift — and to spend the money on books for her former school.
Mrs. Dill decided to do her bit for the drive to improve education by arranging for 160 books to be donated to Victor Scott Prim...
DATE: May 02, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
