The only alternative to taking immediate action to fight climate change is “a collapse of human civilisation”, a leading conservationist has warned.
David Wingate delivered the stark message as the public was yesterday asked by the Bermuda Climate Ac...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
In 1953 Anne Hines became the first Bermudian to successfully dance en pointe in public.
She did it at the Colonial Opera House on Victoria Street where she played the dying swan in Swan Lake.
“My friend was supposed to do it,” the 82-year-old said. ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
A social justice campaigner yesterday said a public apology was needed before disadvantaged young Black men saw an improvement in their lives.
Martha Dismont added that the people of Bermuda had to play their part to tackle the root causes of inequal...
DATE: Nov 03, 2021 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
A shake-up of the One Bermuda Alliance shadow cabinet has been unveiled by the party’s leader.
The move by Cole Simons comes just before the Government is to set out its plans for the year ahead with Friday’s Throne Speech.
In the partial reshuffle o...
I know we are all concerned about the recent return of gun violence and gang-related activities. The dilemma reveals the level of hate and insensitivity to life that has overtaken the minds of too many of our young men and women — prompting the deep...
Interest in tracing family ancestry soared during the pandemic, according to the National Museum of Bermuda.
The museum’s online genealogy database was used more than ever in 2020, prompting the launch of the 2021 series “Tracing Their Roots/Routes”...
DATE: Nov 02, 2021 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
An educator told the Supreme Court that the Bermuda Union of Teachers had blocked him from running for union office after he sought to raise serious concerns with members.
Leonard Santucci, the BUT representative for the Berkeley Institute, had calle...
DATE: Nov 01, 2021 | CATEGORY: Court | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Taxi Owners Association has named a new executive committee in the wake of the resignation of the group’s president and treasurer.
A spokeswoman for the organisation said in a press release that a special general meeting was called this m...
DATE: Nov 01, 2021 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda College students interested in the trades and engineering have visited a hospital sewage treatment plant for an educational tour.
Bermuda Hospitals Board welcomed the students to the plant at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute in Devonshire...
DATE: Nov 01, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Two Bermudian’s dream of the spotlight have been bolstered by the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Bermuda.
Lauren Mendes and Onuri Smith were awarded the charity’s Marjorie Stanton Scholarship and John Barnett Scholarship to continue their studies of...
