No one really likes wearing a face mask; Lisa Baumgartner is trying to make it fun for kids come September.
She has created reusable masks with unicorns, dinosaurs, ladybugs and other designs they may find appealing.
They will be handed to 400 studen...
DATE: Jun 01, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Educator, author and activist Eva Hodgson is best known as an antiracism campaigner.
Letters to newspaper editors she has written since the 1960s and publications she has authored have had race relations as their overriding theme.
Her outspokenness ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Meredith Ebbin
The officers and members of the Progressive Labour Party are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of Bermuda’s most prolific warriors in the fight for civil rights and racial equality, the indomitable Eva Naomi Hodgson, PhD, OBE.
Dr Hodgson ...
Community affairs minister Lovitta Foggo paid tribute to activist Eva Hodgson, who died at the weekend.
A full press release from the Ministry of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport follows:
The Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports the H...
DATE: Jun 01, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: News Staff
A comedy special about a nun who teaches at a Catholic school starring two American comedians will help raise funds for a private school’s emergency bursary fund.
Denise Fennel said that she was honoured to share the spotlight tonight with Maripat Do...
International ocean experts have joined forces to launch a “virtual education series” on the seas around Bermuda.
The first episode of Ocean Diaries went online this week as part of a collaboration between the Bermuda Zoological Society, the Bermuda ...
DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new culture and heritage website was launched by the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs on the eve of Bermuda Day.
The site will serve as a central point for information about events, programmes, and education.
Lovitta Foggo, the communit...
DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A young woman who admitted she once dreaded the thought of university has graduated at the top of her class.
Amali Smith, 22, also shared the title of valedictorian with her best friend after four years at Wilberforce University in Ohio.
She said: “I...
A group of pupils stuck at home because of the coronavirus crisis have used sign language lessons to cope with their isolation.
LaToya Tull, a Bermuda Institute teacher, said that the children had been able to bond with each other and former pupils t...
Bermuda College graduates marked their big day yesterday with a drive-through ceremony.
A total of 107 graduates collected their associate’s degrees, diplomas or certificates at the Paget campus after the traditional graduation event was cancelled be...
