The Child Safeguarding Bill is a vital leap forward for children’s rights and child protection in Bermuda. First, we at the Coalition for the Protection of Children want to commend the Government for making these historic and necessary changes for ch...
DATE: Jul 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Kelly Hunt
Government scholarships and awards were handed out to 49 students.
Education minister Diallo Rabain, who attended a ceremony to honour the students last Wednesday, said that the Government recognised “the importance of providing our people with oppor...
The history of abolitionist and National Hero Mary Prince is to be the focus of a series of events this summer.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, told the House that special tours designed to showcase Mary Prince’s B...
Five prison inmates have been awarded their GEDs in a ceremony held at the Co-Educational Facility.
Daymon Simmons, Dion Cholmondeley, Detré Ford, André Richardson and Mikiel Thomas all successfully completed the GED programme.
Mr Simmons also succes...
DATE: Jul 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Police Service have renamed a meeting room at Hamilton Police Station in honour of the first Bermudian-born commissioner.
The Commissioner Frederick C.B. “Penny” Bean Community Meeting and Media Room was unveiled at a ceremony attended by...
The Government will continue to put Bermudians first in the future, the Premier pledged yesterday.
David Burt said that his administration has “made progress in delivering on our promises” in its first two years.
He added: “As we look forward to t...
Legislation to raise the mandatory retirement age for Public Service workers by three years was passed with unanimous support in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said the Public Service Superannuation Amendm...
DATE: Jul 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Premier, David Burt, recently told the House that empirical evidence for the reasons people emigrate from Bermuda did not exist.
Despite that, he blamed the exodus on gangs and education — and I am sure both issues have had an effect. Sadly, ther...
He is possibly the youngest reinsurance CEO in the world, and Thomas Olunloyo was happy to share his three top career tips with 21 scholarship recipients.
His advice is to listen with the intent of understanding, to not be afraid of making mistakes, ...
Two students have been given a leg-up to continue their studies by the Chubb Charitable Foundation.
Kiara Virgil-Wainwright, a recent graduate of the Berkeley Institute and Bermuda College dual enrolment programme, was awarded the Bermuda College Edu...
