Bermuda’s public school system is past fixing, the president of a primary school parent-teacher association warned yesterday.
Danielle Riviere, the president of the West Pembroke Primary School Parent Teacher Association, said that it was time that ...
Dear Sir,
I write with fantastic disgust to have learnt minutes ago that the teachers at Gilbert Institute are planning to stage a wildcat industrial action this morning (Monday, December 10, 2018).
I am unsure if this is another “sick-out”, like dis...
DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Bermuda Chapter announces the Chamberlain Scholarship Award winner Ms. Katie Bennett, the Advancement Officer at the National Museum of Bermuda (NMB). This scholarship provides funding for Ms. Bennet...
DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Press Release
Today, the United Nation’s Human Rights Day, is special in that it marks the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights.
That iconic document was finalised in 1948, a few years after the conclusion of the devastation of the Second World War....
From funeral homes to hospital beds, the island’s obesity crisis exacts a growing toll beyond the impact of chronic disease.
According to the Bermuda Hospitals Board, a fully equipped bariatric hospital room costs $35,000 more than a standard, with s...
DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Jackson Spurling still remembers his first violin recital. He was 5, and so small he plucked the instrument with his fingers. “I never used a bow,” he said. “And I was so nervous.”
Now he is 17, but he still gets a little anxious despite having perfo...
DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Pupils from a public school and a private one joined forces yesterday to add some festive cheer to Hamilton.
Twenty children from Mount Saint Agnes Academy and Dellwood Middle School, took part in the second annual Dr EF Gordon Square tree decorating...
A church service today celebrated the life of Terrence “Ted” Richards, who has died aged 59.
Mr Richards, the husband of education commissioner Kalmar Richards, was mourned in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Scott Simmons, a Progressive Labour Party...
DATE: Dec 08, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A former acting education commissioner has returned to the post for a one-month stint.
Llewellyn Simmons, director of academics at the Department of Education, took over at the start of this month because Kalmar Richards is on compassionate leave.
T...
Almost 100 staff at Deloitte Bermuda spent a working day away from the office helping projects in the community.
They did so as part of Impact Day, the company’s annual celebration of its commitment to community involvement on the island.
This was th...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
