Billionaire Bermuda resident Michael DeGroote has given $105 million to McMaster University in Canada ? the largest cash gift in Canadian history.
Mr. DeGroote, 70, a high school drop-out, is originally from Hamilton, Ontario, but he now lives on the...
Inmates at the Prison Farm will be given the tools to learn about farming and gardening under a new scheme which received funding from the Environment Ministry this week.
The Grow Food First programme was one of seven groups that received grants tota...
BERMUDA resident Michael DeGroote has donated $105 million to a university ? the largest single cash gift in Canadian history.
The retired trucking and waste management tycoon gave the vast sum to McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, where the m...
DATE: Dec 19, 2003 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
The United Bermuda Party has elected a new executive -- with Gwyneth Rawlins becoming the party's first female chairman and former MP Tim Smith becoming party secretary.
Ms Rawlins said Anthony Steede, Glen Smith, Pauline Richards were elected as Dep...
Three years after Government announced plans for replacing the Salvation Army homeless complex with a state-of-the-art homeless shelter, tenants are enduring drug dealing in crumbling buildings.
The prefab buildings in Marsh Lane, built to last ten y...
The Pesticides Focus Group was one of seven successful applicants which sought funding under the Ministry's Environmental Grant Scheme ? a programme "designed specifically to support and encourage all branches of the community to conserve, preserve, ...
AS a second degree black belt karate instructor and a top defence lawyer, Mark Pettingill is not one to shy away from a fight.
So the news this week that he was dropping his campaign to become the island's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) was so...
What does it take to become Bandmaster of the Bermuda Regiment?
If the name is Dwight Robinson, the answer is: an initial invitation to join the band ?for a little extra practice?, becoming hooked, and then following up with years of study and perfor...
One Cedarbridge student learned on Tuesday that hard-work and dedication really can have big pay offs ?including a brand new laptop computer.
Third year student, Adrian Fiddes was awarded the computer from Gateway Systems Limited in recognition of hi...
Last Sunday, a group of young men stood pitch-side at Lord's urging Hamilton Parish footballers to "stop that boy and don't let him get the ball".
It was the almost hopeless admonition each time a certain lanky yet skilful Dandy Town player came clos...
