PARENTS gearing up for the start of another school year will be pleased to know that this weekend the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) will be holding their annual Back to School Party from 5 to 7 p.m.
The Back to School Party which is...
DISCRIMINATION has long been a topic of intense discussion in Bermuda. Race, sexuality, and nationality are the more common issues that come under question by those who feel wronged, however that could change as the island gains a better understandin...
THE Opposition United Bermuda Party has reiterated its call for the island to "move with the collective effort" to eradicate violence on the island.
And it has also urged Government to give police the tools to tackle crime and to also address social ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
Human rights education could become a cornerstone of the school curriculum if a programme now being considered takes root.
The Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the Commission for Unity and Racial Equality (CURE) are discussing the initiative, labell...
THREE of Bermuda's best young female football players will leave the island next week bound for the Victory Christian Academy in Long Island, New York. There they will be able to play in the top school division as well as get a first-class education....
Bermuda's two Fairmont hotels took on 73 summer students this year — the most in recent years, the company said.
Fifty-three of the young people worked at the Fairmont Southampton and 20 at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess.
Nelda Simons, regional direc...
The presidents of 120+ universities, such as Duke, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Syracuse and Maryland — have signed on to an "Amethyst Initiative" in which they say, "It is time to rethink the drinking age".
In 1984 Congress passed the National Minimum Drin...
SIXTEEN young male footballers will set off next week for a tour of US college preparatory high schools in Connecticut with the hope of securing full or partial scholarships.
Richard Calderon, secretary of the Bermuda Football Foundation, will be man...
A group of ambitious young people have graduated from a summer programme aimed at producing the Island's next generation of business leaders.
Fifteen youngsters from public and private senior schools took part in the first Berkeley Foundation Student...
DATE: Aug 29, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
A drug trafficker has been ordered to forfeit $62,357 in profits from his crimes to the Government, including his BMW car and Rolex watch.
Allan Daniels was convicted three years ago of possessing cocaine and cannabis worth almost $73,000. He is curr...
