A grant from the Lyceum Trust has provided funding that has allowed the Hamilton Parish Council scholarship committee to make three awards to students.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, this year’s applicants were interviewed remotely via Zoom teleconfer...
DATE: Aug 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Business Staff
Six Bermudian students have won prestigious scholarships to help them launch careers in public health.
Dr Barbara Ball Public Health Scholarships were handed out to:
• Seelah Stephenson, to study public health at the University of Miami
• Chantae Hol...
An association set up to promote the welfare of serving and former Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers has launched a scholarship fund, it was announced yesterday.
Major Preston Gill, a serving RBR officer and president of the Royal Bermuda Regiment Asso...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
The Progressive Labour Party unveiled its first two candidates yesterday for October’s General Election.
Crystal Caesar and Jason Wade will compete for constituencies in Southampton that the One Bermuda Alliance held with reduced margins at the 2017 ...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Charles “Bubba” Joynes and I had a myriad of things in common: our profession, our love of sport and our fraternity. Despite these commonalties, we weren’t particularly close. I am sure our distance was based in the reality that during Charles’s tenu...
A troubled teenager who admitted a string of offences was spared jail after he showed a desire to turn his life around.
Najiyah Raynor, 18, was given two years’ probation after he pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possession of a bladed article...
The Chief Medical Officer expected to spend the past few months completing projects before she settled into retirement after a career in public health that spanned almost three decades.
But Cheryl Peek-Ball’s final stretch in the job was instead cons...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
A would-be psychologist’s performance over a ten-month internship with a mental health clinic has earned him a scholarship from the practice.
Christopher Jackson, 17, is to study for a degree in the subject at Eastern Michigan University and the cash...
DATE: Aug 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The Premier is often called, sometimes sincerely and sometimes ironically, “the brilliant David Burt”.
And certainly the Premier does sometimes give the impression of believing he is the brightest person in any room. That’s fine to the extent that s...
DATE: Aug 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
The Bermuda Public Services Union announced it has handed out a total of $680,000 in higher education grants to members and their dependents.
The 28th annual ceremony, held on Wednesday, was led by Armell Thomas, president of the BPSU, and Kevin Gran...
DATE: Aug 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
