The global research project Ocean Tech, whose chief scientist is Bermuda’s Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, is encouraging more young women to study science and engineering.
The Ocean Tech team — the same group that is finalising the global Ocean Vet seri...
DATE: Aug 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Scouts from three different groups invaded Trunk Island in Harrington Sound this week for a five-day camp.
Activities included a nature talk from David Wingate, and conservation work which involved removing invasive species, fishing, archery, a coast...
Saltus Grammar School has become Bermuda’s first youth team to attend a bridge world championship.
Michael Viotti, a physics teacher at Saltus, led a team of four students to the World Bridge Federation’s Youth Team Championships in Salsomaggiore Ter...
The Progressive Labour Party is hosting a Back to School Fun Day today. MPs Michael Weeks, Walter Roban and Rolfe Commissiong have invited all members of the community to come out to Victor Scott School to enjoy the day. The event will feature food...
DATE: Aug 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Administrators at CedarBridge Academy “ignored” concerns and complaints voiced by a teacher, according to an expert on workplace bullying who took the stand during a civil trial yesterday.
Testifying via Skype, Jo Blase told the Supreme Court that t...
DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s schoolchildren are being inspired to become submarine explorers as part of an interactive educational programme on the heels of the XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey.
The Ministry of Education is on board to integrate the Stem — science, technolo...
DATE: Aug 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Belco has announced more than $230,000 in scholarship and education awards.
Awards ranging from $750 to $25,000 were presented to 34 high school, college and university students, according to a press release.
Denton Williams, Belco’s chief operating ...
Colin Duerden has always been fascinated by crime.
As a child he loved his father Floyd “Happy” Duerden’s stories of policing Bermuda in the 1940s and 1950s.
He thought of becoming a police officer himself, at one point, but his father said “no way!”...
DATE: Aug 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts & Entertainment | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
The Bermuda Government is responsible for many things that affect our daily lives. Think of health standards, garbage collection, taxation, education, firefighting, child services, libraries, parks ...
The list goes on, but if you boiled it down to ...
An aspiring neurologist and a budding veterinary surgeon have received scholarships of $25,000 each towards their studies.
VaShon Williams, 22, and Olivia Moore, 20, beat out a “great, mixed group of finalists” that were interviewed for the annual Ni...
DATE: Aug 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell