Retirement has been portrayed through rose-coloured glasses for many years as the reward for working, living, coping, consuming, raising a family, and just getting on with life.
When those not retired individuals realistically think about those who ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Personal Finance | AUTHOR: Martha Harris Myron
Lady Eileen Sharpe was devoted to improving educational opportunities.
Sir John Swan, a former premier, said she was “one of the stalwart credits to Bermuda”.
“One of her fundamental mandates in life was to help people to get educated,” Sir John adde...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Obituaries | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Two schoolgirls have won an environmental competition with submissions focused on the human impact on the oceans.
Now Katya Williamson, 14, of Warwick Academy, and Gabrielle Cabral, 12, of Dellwood Middle School, could have their work showcased by Wa...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Disagreements over the Covid-19 vaccine have created an atmosphere of “toxicity and disharmony” in the workplace, a union leader claimed yesterday.
Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said that there were “divisions” be...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
A carpenter trained as a shipwright in the Dockyard Apprentices programme went on to build the landmark Deliverance replica in St George – his proudest accomplishment.
Raymond DeShields fondly called the Deliverance “his baby” and enjoyed dropping b...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Obituaries | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
“This is not who we are, this is not what we want to be known for, this is not the way of life we want for ourselves or for our children.”
So said Darrin Simons, the Acting Commissioner of Police, in the wake of Tuesday’s mass shooting in the Robin H...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
International businesses have donated $281,000 to buy fast coronavirus tests for public schools.
The money will be used to buy more than 99,000 lateral flow test kits, which allow users to test themselves for the coronavirus and give results inside 1...
It wasn’t Joy Wilson-Tucker's idea to establish the Bermudian Heritage Museum or to place it in St George's but somehow, all the responsibility of running it has fallen on her shoulders.
At 79, she cannot carry the load much longer. Getting to 29 Wat...
Young Bermudians will get the chance to meet trailblazer activists from around the world at a major climate change summit to be held on the island next month.
The youngest member on the US White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, a 14-year...
DATE: Oct 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Jill Amos Raine has painted and sold art in St George's since 1975.
So it made sense to her, when her husband David died in 2004, to sell their Devonshire property and move to Convict Bay.
“People told me not to make any major decisions for the firs...
DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts & Entertainment | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
