The jury is in for this year’s Christmas Short Story Contest – and the competition was fierce.
But the winners have been chosen, as well as some honourable mentions, and the lucky winners will today learn that they can pick up the plaudits – and thei...
DATE: Dec 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda International Long-Term Insurers and Reinsurers organisation has gifted 750 copies of a book to all P4 students in 27 schools across the island.
The gift is part of the tenth-anniversary celebration for Biltir, which represents 63 long-te...
DATE: Dec 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Business Staff
After half a century of serving Bermuda and the insurance industry, Bermuda’s school for insurance studies is coming to an end.
And now a special general meeting has been called for the membership of the Bermuda Insurance Institute to decide the way ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: David Fox, Business Editor
In two years, Bermuda’s first political party will be 60 years old. I decided to look through our 1963 PLP platform to compare those pledges to those made in our 2021 platform. Lest we forget, back then the PLP was often vilified for proposing so-cal...
Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, faces yet another week of political crisis even as his Government confronts new public-health challenges posed by the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
His leadership is being questioned at an especially delicat...
A commencement ceremony was held for the latest student cohort of a maritime career programme.
The Endeavour Maritime Springboard Programme, which runs in partnership with the Bermuda College’s Professional and Career Education division (Pace), cele...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Three students have been selected to participate in a gap-year programme in the Bermuda office of international law firm Conyers.
The programme, in its second year, offers internships to recent high school graduates or university undergraduates as a ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
A photograph of one of Bermuda’s fortifications has won the top award in a nature and culture photography competition.
The picture by Alessia Vianello, won in the 7 to 10 age subcategory in the Bermuda Buildings category of the Dr Reg Grundy Annual ...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Lifestyle | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Mike Sharpe’s passing on the weekend is still being felt among local sporting circles, as tributes continue to be to paid to the former Olympic sprinter.
Fellow track and field athlete, Mike Watson, was just one of those who called in Ian Rawlins’ r...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sport | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
Sun Life International is donating $70,000 to Bermudian charities through the Sun Life International's Charitable Giving Committee, which consists exclusively of Bermuda-based employees.
This year funds were awarded to 25 Bermuda registered charities...
DATE: Dec 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Business Staff
