The Bermuda Government has already spent more than $3 million on school maintenance and repairs, and is expected to spend at least another $3 million in the next fiscal year.
Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, outlined the expenditures yesterda...
It’s graduation season. At the Bermuda College this week, a new crop of freshly minted graduates were offered sage advice on life and the never-ending pursuit of knowledge and excellence by Opposition senator Kim Wilkerson, the commencement speaker. ...
DATE: May 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
From satirical artwork targeting Hitler to treasured children’s cartoons humanising the animal world — the works of the late Peter Woolcock are to go under the hammer next Friday.
Many people will know Mr Woolcock for his weekly political cartoons in...
DATE: May 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
This is part five of the New Bermuda Retirement series
WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE?
There are three serious phases in retirement planning:
1. Fifteen to five years away from the accepted community retirement age (this varies by employer, government man...
Hundreds braved the rain yesterday to celebrate the achievements of the Bermuda College graduates of 2016.
There was standing room only in the outside gazebo as students, teachers, parents, friends and dignitaries gathered in recognition of their wor...
DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Bermuda should introduce a living wage law, a world leader in corporate responsibility said yesterday.
Michael Hastings, global head of corporate citizenship at professional services firm KPMG, was speaking after he highlighted the UN’s sustainable d...
DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Almost every day, we hear the phrase “it is a different world and things have changed, including children”. Many people are taking the view that the rushing tide of materialistic focus, along with vanishing values that build character, in an “almost ...
DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Al Seymour
The principal of CedarBridge Academy has told the Supreme Court that teachers are adequately appraised of the educational and behavioural needs of students in their class.
Kalmar Richards was responding to questions from former CedarBridge teacher Ka...
It was the tools that attracted Marvelyn Rogers to the trades.
Growing up in close-knit neighbourhoods, she always admired the skills of her male peers as they took apart and built their own motorbikes.
“When I was younger I grew up in two different...
A troupe of Mount Saint Agnes students took to Hamilton on Tuesday to spread the message of the Bermuda National School Salute.
The students attended several spots in the city — including the offices of The Royal Gazette — playing music and handing o...
DATE: May 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
