Bermuda needs a new airport. The need is most keenly felt by the people working there — mopping up rainwater from lounges and offices, jerry-rigging ageing systems so they do not fail, or accompanying disabled and elderly people in wind, rain and shi...
DATE: Jan 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Michael Dunkley
They have conquered New Zealand. Next stop: the world.
Ahzai Smith, 12, and Christopher Raymond, 13, are due to return to the island today after their triumphs in the inaugural O’pen Bic National Championships this month.
The pair, who have clearly e...
DATE: Jan 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Kelly Donville has been honoured for her work as a teacher this weekend, winning the 2017 Outstanding Teacher Award.
Ms Donville, a math teacher at Dellwood Middle School, was nominated for her incredible dedication to teaching M1 students.
She was d...
DATE: Jan 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Eight of Bermuda’s school students are featured in an exciting new America’s Cup public promotion on local buses.
The bus back promotion “America’s Cup is Our Cup” features America’s Cup Endeavour graduates, representing the hundreds of ten to 12-yea...
What does it mean to be free? To you personally? Well, you think — that’s an easy answer. “I can own and do what I want with my private property, express my opinions, think what I want, vote for who I want, marry whom I choose, I have equal rights ag...
Nurturing mentors coupled with his own hard work and determination have projected Philip Butterfield from his humble origins in the “back of town” to a top seat in Bermuda’s banking industry.
The former CEO of HSBC says he owes much of his success t...
DATE: Jan 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
William A. Francis can best be described as both a gentleman and a scholar.
He served as a pioneer and trendsetter in the host of professions in which he engaged during his long and established career.
“Will”, as he is commonly known to family and f...
When it comes to serving people, the golden rule is you have to listen more than you speak.
So believes Father Paul Voisin, the Rector at St Theresa’s Cathedral.
The 65-year-old has been a crucial part of the ministry at Mount Saint Agnes Academy s...
Bermuda’s preschool students will become critical and independent thinkers through a new model of learning according to Llewellyn Simmons, the Director of Academics at the Ministry of Education.
The Early Childhood Inquiry Model, introduced by the mi...
DATE: Jan 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Noble Automotive has taken over the island’s Peugeot dealership.
The company has snapped up Pembroke-based Continental Motors as part of expansion plans for the firm.
Fernando Oliveira, who founded Noble in the grounds of CedarBridge Academy less tha...
DATE: Jan 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor