Schoolchildren were yesterday praised for their part in a government work experience programme which was cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The closing ceremony could not be held for the professional-student relationship programme, but everyone who ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: News | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian student has become the first to receive a full scholarship pledged by two businessmen looking to invest in the island’s young talent.
Katherine Grainge is attending the University of St Andrews in Scotland thanks to the donation from Chri...
DATE: Oct 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: News | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Yale is under attack for allegedly doing too much to support students from underrepresented backgrounds. In reality, the university hasn't done enough.
For Yale students and faculty of colour, progress has often been slow and incremental. It took 86 ...
A former school once earmarked for emergency housing has been ruled “surplus to Government requirement”.
Now the Ministry of Public Works has asked for expressions of interest to renovate the former Bishop Spencer School in Pembroke.
A spokesman sai...
Two young Bermudians studying journalism abroad have been picked by the English-speaking Union for the organisation’s higher education grants for this year.
The two recipients are Samantha Soares and Alisa Bernardo.
Each will get a boost of $3,500 to...
DATE: Oct 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: News | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Almost 30 people have completed volunteer life coach training run by a charity.
A total of 29 people graduated from the new “Coaching for Success” training scheme organised by personal development charity Mirrors.
The two and a half-day programme was...
DATE: Oct 19, 2020 | | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
HSBC Bermuda has partnered with the Knowledge Quest charity to providing six additional university students with scholarships.
The recipients are: Cashun Brangman (mechanical engineering technology, Seneca College); Lashuntae Dill-Assing (bachelor of...
A total of nine people have graduated from a programme designed to prepare participants for a career in the marine industry.
The seven-week Endeavour Maritime Career Springboard Programme provides skills development, job readiness, and vocational tr...
DATE: Oct 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: News | AUTHOR: Duncan Hall
“Number two on the sides and three on top — a little fade.”
Matthew Schuring is cutting hair at Lincoln Way Barbershop in Massillon, Ohio, which his father ran for 30 years until he died a decade ago. How’s business been?
“Definitely slowed down...
DATE: Oct 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Frank Barry
A bid to expand prison libraries has been launched.
Renee Ming, the national security minister, said the prison system contained a lot of keen readers who would benefit from donations of new books.
Ms Ming said: “The Department of Corrections has qui...
