Teachers have “grave concerns” about pupils and staff at an East End school contaminated by asbestos, the head of the Bermuda Union of Teachers said yesterday.
Shannon James, the president of the BUT, said that the union demanded the highest standar...
A $30,000 legal education award has been presented to Karim Creary by Appleby.
Mr Creary is a graduate from St Lawrence University and has been a legal intern at Appleby since November 2017. He begins his GDL at The University of Law next month.
“Hav...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Business Staff
On Sunday, The New York Times Magazine published a series of essays constituting what it calls “The 1619 Project”, a look at America’s legacy of slavery at the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to what is now the United ...
The grandmother of an 11-year-old girl due to start at an East End school next month said she was concerned about asbestos in the building.
Mary Faries heard a radio report last week about the presence of the cancer-causing material at Clearwater Mi...
A master carpenter from the West End whose career spanned more than 60 years has died.
Charles Rupert “Pine” Smith was 87.
Mr Smith’s family said he was “hard-working, stubborn, opinionated, funny, current with all news, determined and immoveable”.
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DATE: Aug 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Registration is under way and filling fast for Bermuda Tech Week 2019.
The programme, which kicks off in October, will explore future opportunities and challenges presented by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, digita...
DATE: Aug 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Business Staff
A star pupil has picked up more than $90,000 in scholarships to help fund his law studies at a top British university.
Conor Hay, 17, graduated from Warwick Academy as this year’s valedictorian after he scored 43 out of a possible 45 points in the In...
An 18-year-old student has won a scholarship worth up to $36,000 to study at a top Canadian university.
Eden Robinson was awarded this year’s Dudley & Deborah Butterfield Scholarship and will attend McGill University in Montreal, Canada, to study psy...
The challenges and opportunities presented by Bermuda’s healthcare system will be among the topics explored by discussion panels at the annual conference presented by the Bermuda Insurance Institute.
The conference on October 3 has chosen “transforma...
DATE: Aug 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Duncan Hall
After a year as assistant human resources manager at The MarketPlace, Racquel Liverpool has been promoted to manager of the department.
In her new role, Ms Liverpool, will continue reporting to the director of administration. Her major responsibiliti...
DATE: Aug 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
