It is a story of corruption that will stay secret, politicians who will need fewer votes to win, even dangerous communicable diseases that will spread faster as our best scientists struggle to fight them.
The story is the slow and painful demise of l...
Bermuda’s gang violence reduction co-ordinator explained yesterday how he negotiated a $33,000 raise after he accepted the job for far less reward than he initially sought.
Leroy Bean said his $125,000 salary was “somewhat of a medium” for the stress...
DATE: Mar 07, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
Parliamentarians who sit on a committee investigating how protesters came to be pepper sprayed by police in December 2016 have failed to explain why they have held all of their meetings in secret.
The Joint Select Committee has held 40 meetings, none...
DATE: Mar 07, 2019 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael Bloomberg will join Brian Duperreault, chief executive officer of AIG, at an industry forum in New York later this month highlighting Bermuda’s historic and mutually beneficial relationship with the US.
The for...
DATE: Mar 07, 2019 | CATEGORY: International Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
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I will make sure to put my best effort into directing the movies to ensure that the producer is happy with my work.
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Champion debaters from overseas are to pass on the secrets of effective speaking to young Bermuda residents this summer.
The debate camp was the brainchild of Kenza Wilks, 20, who has used his own debating success to set up a British-based public spe...
DATE: Mar 06, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A social skills programme is proving successful at Elliot Primary School, according to national security minister Wayne Caines.
Fourteen boys have been participating in the Targeted Primary Prevention Programme, which aims to build self confidence, r...
A pastor appointed to battle gang violence was signed up for $33,000 a year more than it was claimed he would be paid when his contract was extended, official documents have revealed.
Leroy Bean was given the post of gang violence reduction co-ordina...
DATE: Mar 06, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
Extra cash from cost savings in the Department of Education have gone to finance special programmes, the Minister of Education said.
Diallo Rabain told the House of Assembly that there was no increase in the department’s $114 million budget, but it ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2019 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
The idea for her business hit Jenae Philip as she cared for her mother, Marie.
She had lupus and the medicine she was taking to fight it made her hair fall out.
As her mother had always taken pride in how she looked, Ms Philip got to work thinking ab...
