I have heard many people comment on the angry statements made at public meetings held by the Minister of Education to discuss the Score report and its recommendations.
The minister was kind enough to invite me to the meeting in St David’s. I took g...
DATE: Mar 07, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Susan Jackson
Melanie Gardiner embarked on a six-year course to become a nutritional therapist after she found out she had coeliac disease.
Now more than halfway through her studies, the mother of one is channelling her spare time and energy into implementing a n...
The public is being invited to help shape the future of reclaimed land at Dockyard after its use as an Event Village for the America’s Cup is over.
The West End Development Corporation’s creation of nine acres of reclaimed land, known as Cross Island...
A veteran airline pilot once remarked that travelling through the skies at hundreds of miles an hour, high above the Earth, was not as challenging as getting from his home to the airport. He explained that, in his vehicle on the highway, safety depen...
DATE: Mar 05, 2016 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Al Seymour
Allen Temple AME Church chose last Sunday to honour a host of retired educators as part of Black History Month.
The teachers and principals were recognised by the Sound View Road, Sandys church for their contributions to the various primary schools a...
“He not busy being born, is busy dying”
— Bob Dylan
Last Saturday a large celebration observing the 92nd birthday of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was held, costing a reported $800,000. The former finance minister, Simba Makoni, complained that...
DATE: Mar 05, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Glenn Fubler
Students combined tuition with chocolate tasting on a recent field trip to Fourways Inn.
The group of eight-year-olds from Bermuda High School completed the final phase of the “chocolate class” as part of the International Primary Curriculum.
Jennife...
Females from a wide cross-section of Bermudian society will gather on the lawn at City Hall on Tuesday to commemorate International Women’s Day.
Bermuda Women’s Day will reflect the United Nations’ theme for 2016, “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up fo...
Lanir Smith could barely walk when he joined Heron Bay Primary School. Now aged 7, he can complete three races in a day
It didn’t take long after joining Heron Bay Primary School for Lanir Smith to make progress in the face of a debilitating conditi...
DATE: Mar 04, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Compromise, collaboration and consensus are not four-letter words, as you well know, Mr Editor, but it sure seems like it when it comes to modern-day politics, if you get my drift.
This can be one of the drawbacks to the Westminster system and how th...
DATE: Mar 04, 2016 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: John Barritt
