Cynthia DeSilva kept things hush when she decided to pursue a college degree in 2014.
She wasn’t sure her friends would understand why she needed to do it, at age 78.
“They would have said what are you trying to prove,” the retired nurse said. “I rea...
DATE: Jan 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Schoolchildren got a taste of cutting-edge technology as part of a workshop at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.
Underwater robots, coding and game development were among the subjects explored on the Tools of Ocean Exploration event at the bio...
A group of pupils involved in a youth leadership conference planted a tree yesterday to mark Martin Luther King Jr Day.
Pupils from public and private schools also used the occasion to signal the start of a massive Vision 20/20 tree-planting campaign...
A charity dedicated to halting the sexual abuse of children crossed a landmark when it certified its 10,000th child advocate.
Debi Ray-Rivers, the founder of Saving Children And Revealing Secrets, said that milestone, achieved on Saturday, reflected ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Dear Sir,
Recently, the Government of Bermuda has introduced a new standard of qualifying for work in Bermuda for speakers of other languages.
While I agree that persons that serve with the public, especially waiters, etc, should be able to take ord...
DATE: Jan 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Teenagers took up the campaign for safer roads yesterday as they remembered a schoolmate who died in a crash earlier this week.
Pupils and teachers at the Bermuda Institute turned the school into a sea of blue as they paid tribute to Kijani Burgess a...
In light of the news regarding Bermuda’s 2020 Rhodes Scholar, I am forced to consider the legacy of Cecil Rhodes and whether it is reconcilable to accept an opportunity founded upon a legacy of genocide and colonialism. I post these thoughts not in d...
Tariq Simons is determined to build on his fantastic run to become the island’s No 1 player.
The 18-year-old defeated previous No 1 Gavin Manders, who has dominated local tennis for the past decade, in a three-set epic to win the MTM Championships a...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Tennis-Squash | AUTHOR: Jared Rego
Primary school pupils honoured movements held in the name of racial equality during an annual Martin Luther King Day march yesterday.
More than 100 children, staff and family members at Dalton E Tucker Primary School took part in the demonstration to...
Registration for children set to enter public primary school in September will begin next month.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Education said registration for P1 students will take place on February 24 to 26.
The spokeswoman said: “These dates ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
