Students in Bermuda's government schools and the Bermuda College now have a pictorial reference of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement, Muhammad Ali, and other important persons and events in modern history, thanks to Mrs. Roxan...
No right to disrupt traffic
November 14, 2008
Dear Sir,
Janet Wingate's letter published November 12 under the heading "Stand up for openness", completely misses the main point of mine which appeared November 5. I have absolutely no objection to anyo...
Bullying in Bermuda's schools is leading to teenage gangs and graduating into serious social unrest, not high school diplomas.
This according to a long-serving Ministry of Education staff who does not wish to be named for fear of his job, but said he...
Schools reform boss Philip Butterfield has rejected calls for his resignation and insisted: "There's no quit in me."
Mr. Butterfield said he would not walk away from his post as chairman of the interim education board until he is satisfied all studen...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Philip Butterfield, the chief executive officer of Bank of Bermuda HSBC, has long been a role model for Bermudians.
Largely as a result of his own hard work, he has risen to the top of the Island's most important local financial institution, which is...
Reading was top of the agenda for students across the Island this week as they celebrated International Literacy Day.
Education Minister El James paid a visit to Purvis Primary School to learn about pupils' progress, while members of Bermuda Reading ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
"Democracy is the worst political system in the world except for all the rest," was a statement oft quoted by my professor of Politics 101 at Queens University, Canada.
At the time I couldn't appreciate the remarks of the professor since I entered Qu...
Health Minister Nelson Bascome is encouraging fellow MPs to eat healthier and to lead the Island in the fitness challenge to combat diabetes.
Mr. Bascome presented a motion to classify diabetes as a "major threat to public health" in Bermuda in the H...
Opposition leader Kim Swan yesterday called for both political parties to cast aside their differences over race and work together to combat the global economic downturn.
Mr. Swan opened a vigorous House of Assembly debate by complaining about Premie...
Teachers yesterday demanded that interim education board chairman Philip Butterfield be fired or resign, declaring they had a "total lack of confidence" in his ability to lead the reform of public schools.
Their call came two days after Bank of Bermu...
