I have lived in Britain for 26 years. I was born to Indian parents in Ealing and raised in Hounslow, both multicultural West London areas, so my experiences with racism until now were limited to snide remarks and idiosyncrasies — the usual schoolyard...
Lakeisha Burt got pregnant at 16. She knew exactly what people were thinking: she’d end up in a low-paying job doing nothing with her life. She didn’t let it get to her. The teenager was one of 26 students who received their GED from the Adult Educat...
Tyasha Kandassamy was knocked for a loop when her parents divorced. She was 19 and living in Barcelona, studying Spanish. An art workshop helped her to sort out her emotions.
“I fell in love with art therapy,” the 30-year-old said. “Physical art can ...
Amy Palmer walked into design technology expecting that a box would be the most exciting thing she got to design. And then she received her assignment.The child’s desk she created for her GCSE project resembled half a doughnut and was accompanied by ...
Toughening laws on crime is the public’s number one solution to solving Bermuda’s gun violence problems, according to a new poll.
The Global Research survey, commissioned by The Royal Gazette, found 24 per cent of people named stricter sentencing or ...
Students Maya Palacio and Kallan Thomas will receive $3,000 towards further education in their English-related studies after being granted scholarships from the English Speaking Union.
Maya, 19, has completed the first year of her bachelor’s degree, ...
A Bermuda flag flown at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was donated to Warwick Academy yesterday.
David Jenkins, Debra Watson and their son, a WA year-five student, Sam Jenkins, handed over the flag which will be hung in the foyer of the school’s ...
None of the bike riders expected Alyssa Rowse would leave them in the dust. She was a teenager racing against 20 adults, most of whom were men.
None of that mattered to the 16-year-old. She blew through the course and was the second across the finish...
Impact Mentoring Academy has welcomed a new partnership with Hamilton-based facilities management firm Air Care.
As well as donating $1,000 to the non-profit middle school and high school, which aims to “empower young males”, Air Care will also offe...
Eleven Bermudian university students are currently taking part in a 12-week “cultivating internship programme” with KPMG. The programme is aimed at securing the students’ “professional success and career development”, according to a company statement...
