As a young police officer in England, George Hammond had his pick of British colonies to apply for work.
He chose Bermuda on a whim, although he didn’t really know where it was.
“That was the one that stuck out for me,” the 85-year-old said. “I took ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Both senior schools will stay shut today, the Government announced last night.
CedarBridge Academy and Berkeley Institute will continue with remote learning amid problems with coronavirus testing of large numbers of staff and pupils across the school...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: News Staff
The shambles surrounding Bermuda’s much hyped Covid-19 testing system worsened at the end of last week with the resignation of Dr Carika Weldon as the Government’s scientific adviser.
Dr Weldon returned to Bermuda from the UK at the beginning of the...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
The grandson of the late CV “Jim” Woolridge has been Called to the Bar.
Jonathan Marion, 27, was welcomed into the legal profession as Bermuda’s first new lawyer of 2022.
Mr Marion, who was admitted on Friday, will leave today to complete his legal t...
The tradition of making resolutions for a new year dates back four millennia. This is evidence that reflecting on the circumstances and outcomes of past events and considering alternative options for moving forward is an ancient wisdom-practice.
It’s...
Gambling watchdogs are in talks with the Government about whether to allow increased use of lotteries.
Jean Major, the chief executive of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, said the organisation had been approached by several charities and groups ...
In the latest in our Focus on Financial Literacy for Life Success 2022, a regular monthly feature, we consider the comments in a recent column in The Royal Gazette.
One of the last comments in the article, written by Christopher Famous, was: “Flowery...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022 | CATEGORY: Personal Finance | AUTHOR: Martha Harris Myron
The Government failed to listen to the profession before the “massively botched” reopening of the island’s public schools, the Bermuda Union of Teachers said yesterday.
Nishanthi Bailey, the BUT president, said teachers had been “bullied” by the educ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
What if the underlying narrative or the unspoken message that some of us have learnt from our church upbringing or our connection with Christianity, is that God ultimately wants us to be "better" people?
What if it is that God wants us to be more gen...
A scientist sounded the alarm four times last week that the coronavirus test system was about to be overwhelmed by the latest outbreak — but was ignored by Government officials.
Carika Weldon, the director of the Molecular Diagnostic and Research Lab...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
