Impact Mentoring Academy is gearing up for its annual Spoken Word Night this Saturday.
Eleven students at the all-boys school will share motivational poems and speeches in front of family, friends and community supporters.
Funds raised through the e...
More than 1,500 books were delivered to preschools and nursery schools today as part of World Book Day 2017.
Nikita Robinson, of The Ladies Room on Hott 1075, praised those who volunteered to assist this year by reading to students, saying: “It’s one...
DATE: Mar 02, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Environmental group Greenrock has blasted last week’s Budget, calling it “unsustainable and unimaginative”.
Jonathan Starling, the charity’s executive director, praised an increase in funding for recycling and composting programmes, but the organisat...
DATE: Mar 01, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
The impoverished Caribbean island of Haiti is one of the most desperate countries in the world. Yet, many have been given hope by a group of Bermudians, led by Phillip Rego, going under the name of Feed my Lambs Ministry. M.J. HART visited Haiti to s...
The Ministry of Education is exploring the possibility of rebuilding Bermuda’s entire school infrastructure “from the ground up”, this newspaper has learnt.
Outgoing education minister Wayne Scott thinks new purpose-built facilities could be built f...
DATE: Mar 01, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Health minister Jeanne Atherden said the Ministry had made some difficult decisions to improve efficiency, but they would be able to make do with a smaller budget.
Speaking at a press conference this morning, Ms Atherden noted that the budget for the...
DATE: Mar 01, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Maxine Esdaille dreamt of becoming a nurse until a frank talk about blood changed her mind.
She then considered becoming a scientist, but didn’t receive much encouragement.
“Black women weren’t scientists in those days,” she said. “Someone so nicely ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
The ranks of the civil service have dropped by 12 per cent under the One Bermuda Alliance, compared with an increase of 20 per cent under the former administration, according to Michael Dunkley.
Speaking after Friday’s Budget, the Premier said the Go...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Bermuda could have a casino up and running in early 2018 if everything goes as planned, according to the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission.
Richard Schuetz, executive director at the commission, said a strategic plan on gaming was being developed, inc...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
A combined total of 150 students and insurance professionals took part in speed networking sessions on three days last week.
Since 2014 the Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies has been holding these opportunities each February for high school se...
