Proposals for massive five-figure fines and up to two years behind bars for people caught with illegal plants and animals have been slammed as excessive.
One user wrote on Government forums: “Whilst a fine is plausible, the amount is unjust. Also imp...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda-based re/insurance boss Greg Hendrick was among private sector leaders who participated in closed session, cybersecurity discussions at the White House on Wednesday with US president Joe Biden.
Mr Biden and Mr Hendrick, who is chief executive...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Duncan Hall
A group set up to fight the closure of West End Primary School has claimed it was snubbed by the Government.
The West End Warriors for Legacy said presented a petition with 315 signatures against the plan to shut the school as part of an education s...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Young people on the Future Leaders programme have backed the scheme as this year’s group was inducted.
Siniah Lambe, one of the group and from CedarBridge Academy, said: “Unlike school, Future Leaders Bermuda allows you to be way more open about how ...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
A single mother yesterday said she was “shocked and disappointed” after she found that her child could not be enrolled in a new Government-run preschool programme because of a policy change.
The mother said she applied in June for a place on the Brig...
DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
An internship scheme started to keep students active after the Covid-19 pandemic put studying overseas on hold, has opened registration for a second year.
Conyers’ Gap Year Internship will also offer students opportunities to work in trusts and corpo...
DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business | AUTHOR: Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda College will use remote learning for the first week of the new term because of the threat of industrial action and problems scheduling coronavirus tests.
Face-to-face teaching, scheduled to start next Monday for the first time since the pande...
DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A re/insurance industry body in Bermuda has backed a United Nations programme that is a global framework for the insurance industry to address environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and opportunities.
The Bermuda International Long Term In...
Visiting the Isle of Wight in 1949, Kay Latter wanted to build a sand castle.
“I was probably about seven,” the 79 year old said. “There was a lovely, sandy beach, but it was so full of litter that I could not build a sand castle. I was digging up tr...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
The organisers of an annual back-to-school uniform campaign yesterday appealed to the public for $64,000 by the end of the week.
Organisers of the Each One Reach One Campaign, which helps families in need get school supplies for children returning to...
