Bermuda's Minister of Sports Randy Horton and his ministry will be in the international limelight tomorrow evening when he receives the Institute for International Sport's Power of Good Award.
The 57-year-old Government minister will receive the hono...
A CARIBBEAN-born local language teacher has received one of the highest French honours - knighthood for her service to the culture and language of France.
Riquette Bonne-Smith has been awarded the French Knighthood in the Order of Academic Palms (Ch...
Portuguese rights activist Robert Pires yesterday welcomed a decision by Bermuda College to include a person of Portuguese descent as an honourary fellow.
Bermuda Electric Light Company president Garry Madeiros became only the second person from the ...
Minister for Education and Development Paula Cox last night urged parents and schools to put talented students forward for a new programme for academic excellence.
Ms Cox said she fully supported the newly-formed Institute for Talented Students in Be...
Foreign workers are propping up the Island's contributory pensions scheme, the Senate was reminded yesterday.
"It's a strange fact that nobody seems to appreciate. We've got an economy that cannot be staffed (fully) by the Bermudian population," said...
A new international body should be set up to monitor historic black sites to avoid theme parks along the lines of Disneyland being set up, the African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference heard yesterday.
Anthropologist Dr. Jay Haviser said there was a...
The need for an alternative school in Bermuda is on the rise as no less than 83 students were referred to the Adult Education School (AES) from the public school system during the last year.
The teenagers, from both CedarBridge Academy and Berkeley I...
Black parents in Bermuda must take responsibility for teaching their children African values and black history, a workshop at the African Diaspora Heritage Trail conference heard yesterday.
Melodye-Micere Stewart, an Africalogist and consultant to th...
There are many reasons why the students at the Adult Education School failed to achieve their potential in a traditional school setting, but the homely atmosphere of the AES and the small classes ensure that no one is forgotten or left behind.
During...
What's the GPS issue?
May 21, 2002
Dear Sir,
There seems to have been a lot of unrest among taxi drivers recently on the subject of GPS, and I'm at a loss to figure out why this should be. What exactly is the problem? I work for a local courier compa...
