A former teacher who runs an educational toys business has teamed up with a charity for the disabled to promote nature-based learning.
BrightIsle, an online store, is now selling the Sunflower Project Package, with proceeds being donated to support ...
DATE: May 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A bank has donated $125,000 to charities struggling to survive over the coronavirus pandemic.
Clarien Bank has also pledged a further $25,000 a year to fund private school scholarships for Black pupils.
A total of nine charities were given windfalls ...
A charity for seniors has revamped its website to help improve access to services.
Age Concern said the redesigned ageconcern.bm was easier to use and that visitors would be able to view information and sign up for the charity’s programmes.
Callan Ba...
DATE: May 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Rotary club has launched a book drive to encourage literacy in young children.
The “From Teens to Tots” initiative will provide four primary schools – Harrington Sound, Elliot, Prospect and Victor Scott – with copies of the book A is for Afrika, S...
DATE: May 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
I reflect on the car rally events of May 2 and state from the outset that I respect people’s right to peaceably protest and use this medium to draw attention to another powerful tool that people have — and that is to put elected officials and other p...
On April 15, Indianapolis police arrived at the FedEx ground facility where a former employee shot and killed eight people, and wounded several others. About 90 per cent of the workers at the FedEx warehouse are members of the local Sikh community, a...
DATE: May 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Dexter Smith
Perseverance has paid off for a young man whose life was transformed after taking part in the youth development programme, Beyond Rugby.
After overcoming personal challenges that used to hold him back, Nathan Morgan has graduated with a university de...
DATE: May 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Dear Sir,
In these hard times, I wanted to share a child’s viewpoint. We often do not think about their view of what is happening, and how hard all of this has been on them.
My son is 6 and he has found online learning very, very challenging, as hav...
DATE: May 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
Last month marked the end of another human tragedy of epic proportions. A tragedy so similar to Shakespearean elements of deception, lies, obfuscation, greed, herd mentality, the overwhelming need to be aligned with the “popular” group, religious co...
DATE: May 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Personal Finance | AUTHOR: Martha Harris Myron
Dear Sir,
There is a beauty in numerous nationalities coming together with a unified aim. The Department of Statistics informed us on International Nurses Day that King Edward VII Memorial Hospital employs 514 nurses from 29 different countries.
Thi...
DATE: May 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
