I wanted to write a follow-up to my previous opinion, titled “The campaign for equality”, which was published on May 7 of this year.
A comment was made that I felt needed answering in greater detail. The comment was this:
“Why is the United Nations a...
Three young men graduated yesterday from an alternative education programme for middle and secondary school pupils.
Jerriko Gibbons, Jade Douglas, both 17, and Cameron Sousa-Saints, 19, all completed the Success Academy’s GED programme.
Mr Gibbons th...
A women’s rights activist yesterday applauded the handful of men who took part in a discussion on sexual harassment.
But Elaine Butterfield said she “would like to have seen more men come out and participate” at the Women’s Resource Centre’s #MeToo-s...
DATE: Jun 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A fresh-faced Jon Beard landed in Bermuda aged just 24 to take up a job as head of PE at Saltus Grammar School.
He never imagined he would still be at the same school 40 years later.
Mr Beard said: “While in school, I didn’t even think about teaching...
From refugee to chief executive officer, Derreck Kayongo had a remarkable tale to tell at the Bermuda Captive Conference.
A key moment in that story occurred when he checked into his first US hotel. At that time the country was throwing away 800 mill...
A young law and economics student has won a $25,000 scholarship from an insurance firm.
Ciara Burrows, who is studying at the University of Waterloo in Canada, was given the award by Hamilton Insurance Group.
The company said Ms Burrows had impressed...
DATE: Jun 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
On Friday, the Minister of Health announced that the Customs Tariff Amendment (No 2) Bill 2018, more commonly referred to as the Sugar Tax Bill, would be amended during the debate to take into account “further consideration of the consultation feedba...
The world’s first Ocean Risk Summit held in Bermuda recently drew leaders from across political, economic, environmental and risk sectors to identify the potential exposures to ocean-related risk and tackle its broad-ranging consequences.
Scientis...
Two young sailors have won the chance to put to sea with America’s national sailing programme.
Aidyn Park, 12, and Tyler Correira, 11, have secured places on an exchange programme with the United States Sailing Programme in Newport, Rhode Island, dur...
DATE: Jun 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
