A new clinic treating patients with kidney disease will provide free screening to underinsured sufferers from next month.
Kidney Care Bermuda has formed after the merger of two previous practices — Bermuda Home Dialysis Services and Bermuda Renal Pa...
DATE: Aug 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
Bermudians would accept more sustainable lifestyles, but change is hampered by the limited options available on the island, lack of education and regulation on where our waste goes, and the impact it has on the environment, our health and wellbeing.
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DATE: Aug 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: David Fox, Business Editor
A teenager is preparing to study at the oldest university in the English-speaking world after she secured a place at Oxford.
Sophia Banner, a Warwick Academy graduate, will begin her course in archaeology and anthropology in October.
She said: “I’m v...
About half of schoolchildren with asthma are not listed on a register of students who have the condition, a charity has estimated.
Liz Boden, co-founder of Open Airways, said that pupils should not miss out on lessons or activities because of asthma ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
Two civil servants have completed a course in leadership development, while a further 16 public servants are taking the programme.
According to a government spokeswoman, the aim of the course is to “ensure there is a cadre of suitably trained Bermudi...
DATE: Aug 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
Schools will be given “increased flexibility” to implement their own Covid-19 policies under relaxed guidelines for the coming academic year.
The Ministry of Education recently sent out its Living Safely with Covid guidelines and requirements to pub...
DATE: Aug 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
In Part 1, we covered building generational wealth and how race plays a part in Bermuda’s wealth gap. Now, we’re back to talk about how to grow generational wealth from scratch and how to stay on track for financial success
It is estimated that ...
More microforests are set to appear around the island as a Bermuda Zoological Society project to plant more trees and shrubs continues to grow.
While five microforests have already been established, it is hoped that another three will be planted befo...
DATE: Aug 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Another 25 firefighters from overseas are to be brought to the island to bolster numbers at the airport fire station.
Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security, said yesterday that contracts for ten firefighters who came earlier to Bermuda wil...
DATE: Aug 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Transport | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Black community has survived years of slavery, trauma and struggle. These feats take immense courage and require a degree of perseverance that would be impossible without sacrifice. Unfortunately, this sacrifice has caused a culture of shame arou...
