The island’s newest lawyer thanked her mother for “never deterring me from my dreams, despite them seeming almost impossible”.
Precious Smith, who was Called to the Bar before Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden, also wished her mother Wendy Woodley a happy...
DATE: Feb 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Court | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Dear Sir,
The late, great Larry Burchall wrote about many things in his Bermuda Sun opinion pieces. His voice was a powerful one over 15 or so years and, sadly, many of his grave economic predictions have come to pass. Here is one that concerns every...
DATE: Feb 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
A charity has signed up a Bermudian agricultural expert to deliver educational and therapeutic programmes.
Omari Dill, an agronomist, an expert in soil and plants, is head of the WindReach environmental education programme.
Mr Dill said: “We explore...
DATE: Feb 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Shaun Connolly
A history book about Bermuda sits on the shelves of libraries in some Sri Lankan schools.
Its author, Nirosha Fernando, believes it is the first account of the island written in Sinhala, his native language.
Called Bermuda, he wrote it to express his...
DATE: Feb 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts & Entertainment |
The Argus Group has launched a scholarship award in the name of veteran Bermudian insurance executive Sheila Nicoll, who retired from chairing the Argus board last year after 10 years in the role.
Ms Nicoll had served on the board for 15 years in tot...
DATE: Feb 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Business Staff
Parents yesterday appealed to Government to trust them to carry out at home antigen tests on children instead of a lab test before they returned to school.
A spokeswoman for pressure group Us For Them Bermuda, a group of parents opposed to many of th...
DATE: Feb 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
As many as 100 of Bermuda teenagers are involved in the KPMG 17th Annual Senior School Investment Challenge, with the results for January about to follow, and the November and December results published here.
Students have been involved in this chall...
DATE: Feb 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Bermuda Stock Exchange | AUTHOR: Business Staff
A pressure group opposing certain Covid-19 regulations for children have described a virtual meeting held with health officials yesterday as “completely fruitless”.
Us For Them Bermuda representatives were given 20 minutes with Kim Wilson, the Minist...
DATE: Feb 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Global leaders in the technology field will convene in Bermuda next month for the third annual International Technology Summit.
The March 7 to11 event is spearheaded by Penrose Partners, a Canadian and Bermudian blockchain advisory firm.
The summit, ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: International Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
The late Rosalind Robinson, a respected, retired school principal and the wife of the late Kenneth Robinson, PhD, likened the formation of the Bermuda Union of Teachers in February 1919 to “a phoenix rising from the ashes”.
The late Adele Tucker, one...
