Francis Mussenden, an intern with OBM International, has been awarded the Stanley G. Kennedy Architectural Award by the Institute of Bermuda Architects.
Mr Mussenden receives a cash award of $8,000 to assist with education costs.
A graduate of Warwic...
DATE: Aug 06, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
The Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies has awarded $340,000 in scholarship funding to 16 students focused on careers in Bermuda’s insurance sector.
Since the foundation was founded in 1996 it has awarded more than $6.8 million, in scholarships...
DATE: Aug 06, 2019 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Business Staff
A police station duty officer has revealed that for a decade she felt unable to bring her “whole self” to work because of people’s opinions about the LGBTQ community.
Linda Bogle-Mienzer described the pain of leaving part of her identity behind when ...
DATE: Aug 05, 2019 | CATEGORY: Same-Sex Marriage | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
Would-be astronauts can reach for the stars at a summer camp this month, the Minister of Home Affairs has revealed.
Walter Roban said he was “really excited” about the opportunity for students to learn more about the space industry.
He explained in t...
Public school staff will be responsible for keeping their school websites up to date, a ministry spokeswoman said.
She added that the Ministry of Education’s website and individual school websites would be updated for the start of the new school yea...
Lawrence Trott starts feeling sentimental whenever he drives past East End Primary School.
His parents, Fred and Shirley, and his five siblings studied there; his 1969 class was the first to graduate from the school’s present location — Grenadier Lan...
DATE: Aug 03, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Botelho Wood Architects has promoted Krystal Rodrigues and Lisamarie Masters to the roles of associate.
Ms Rodrigues first joined Botelho Wood as a student intern when the firm opened in 2004. She continued to work at the firm throughout her educatio...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
July is Minority Mental Health Month, established to spotlight the flawed diagnosis of mental illness among minorities. Black men, for example, are nearly six times as likely to be given schizophrenia diagnosis as white men. That problem is compounde...
The creation of a minimum wage for Bermuda took a step closer on Monday as legislation to set up a group that will consider pay rates was passed by senators.
A six-strong Wage Commission will recommend a minimum hourly wage and a living wage as part ...
Young people are to get the chance to live and work in Ghana as part of a plan to tackle gang violence.
The governments in Bermuda and Ghana struck the deal after top officials from the West African country, including Papa Owusu-Ankomah, Ghana’s High...
