The National Dance Foundation of Bermuda's (NDFB) third annual international summer intensive, DanceBermuda, is now underway in the dance facilities of the Bermuda High School for Girls.
As always, the prestigious three-week programme was launched wi...
Taxes could be cut on healthy foods and increased on fatty ones as part of a drive to tackle an alarming rise in obesity and related illnesses.
The move, aimed at giving people an extra incentive to ditch junk food, is one of a raft of recommendation...
DATE: Aug 09, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
The Healthy Weight Action Plan, unveiled by Health Minister Michael Scott yesterday, lists the following recommendations for a less obese Bermuda:
• Reformulate taxation structure to favour healthy foods over unhealthy foods
• Schools to implement nu...
Illusions of grandeur
July 30, 2007
Dear Sir,
Your headline on page 2 of your paper on Monday, July 30, 2007 which reads "Shawn Crockwell comes clean" is as deceitful as Mr. Crockwell has shown himself to be.
I don't know why Mr. Crockwell has chosen...
Consumers are paying four percent more than they did last year according to the latest figures released by the Department of Statistics.
Despite easing back from a 16-year high of 4.5 percent in May 2007, the inflation rate in June was still hitting ...
Upset with appointment
August 1, 2007
Dear Sir,
This evening, I listened with disgust and dismay when I was told of the appointment of the new Permanent Secretary of Education.
How can the powers that be expect us to accept the Premier's brother lead...
he Bermuda Civic Ballet is celebrating its thirty-fifth birthday this weekend with two gala performances under the stars in the Botanical Gardens.
The programme will open with 'Sweet in the Morning', choreographed by Bermudian Suzette Harvey, founder...
There's fantastic news on breast feeding in Bermuda and worrisome news too. A study conducted by Government's Breastfeeding Promotion Committee found that a whopping 94.7 percent of mothers who give birth here, breastfeed. That's really good news. In...
Davida Morris once described the House of Assembly as a 'bunch of whining children'.
Now, as Bermuda's youngest Senator, she finds the political fray interesting but her non-political friends remain sceptical even though they trust her motives for ge...
Pump your breast milk in the bathroom." That's what one local mother was told when she returned to work from maternity leave. "It was a bathroom!" she said. "I don't eat my lunch in there. I wouldn't expect anyone to eat or prepare their lunch in the...
