Bermuda High School opened its new $12.2 million Innovation Centre, arts wing and theatre yesterday — and promised the state-of-the-art facilities will be open to pupils from other schools across the island.
The project, funded by 320 donors, has bee...
DATE: Nov 02, 2020 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Duncan Hall
A Canadian historian said yesterday the development of Tucker’s Town for tourism was a “lynchpin” in the growth of the sector.
Duncan McDowall, who appeared for a second time at the Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the historic loss of lan...
DATE: Oct 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: News | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
As a high school teacher Shantel DeShield often sees students who define success by what they own: expensive phones, jewellery or brand name accessories.
Ms DeShield often asks students: “Is it better to look rich or be rich?”
Concerned that many of...
DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
The United States has experienced two periods of Reconstruction – in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War and during the 1950s and 1960s. During these two eras, the nation attempted to confront a history of racial injustice and exploitation, corr...
DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: David A. Love
The first stage of a restructure of the school system has started, the Minister of Education said today.
Diallo Rabain added that a team had been created to carry out research on how to carry out the major changes.
He said that the Board of Education...
Bermuda’s inflation rate turned negative for the first time in 55 years in July.
The annual rate was -1.4 per cent, which means consumers paid 1.4 per cent less for a basket of goods and services included in the Consumer Price Index in July than they...
DATE: Oct 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Some sports stars dazzle on the pitch or earn headlines for their after-hours antics. Others lend their names to good causes. But it's unusual for a player in his early prime to take on a government as Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has do...
Dear Sir,
According to the police, the problem on our roads is our mindset needs to change. First, to change our mindset, we have to find out how it was created.
All the education in the world is not going to affect a thing. When road users get on t...
DATE: Oct 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
Cole Simons is to be the unopposed new Leader of the Opposition, the One Bermuda Alliance confirmed today.
The party said Mr Simons was elected by acclamation after the deadline for nominations passed last Friday.
Mr Simons replaced Craig Cannonier, ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: News | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A new coronavirus case was found among 764 test results for the virus that came back to health officials today.
The case was a resident who flew back to Bermuda from London on October 22.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said isolation and contact tr...
DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: News | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
