The debate over Okera Bascome’s ineligibility to represent Bermuda at the World Cricket League Division Four tournament resurfaced during the Bermuda Cricket Board’s Annual General Meeting last week.
According to Neil Speight, the BCB chief executive...
DATE: Nov 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Cricket | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
It’s hard to imagine a teacher having trouble with learning.
As a child, Cindy Corday stuttered and struggled with pronunciation; Lindsey Sirju had a severe speech impediment and spent a long time in speech therapy.
They now share their experiences ...
Four Westgate inmates received their General Educational Development certificates yesterday morning in an emotional graduation ceremony.
Family, friends and prison staff watched as Shomari Virgil, Pelealkhai Williams, Dameko Dublin and Triston Burges...
Susannah Cole loves organising things.
Her office supplies are carefully filed and labelled in a multi-drawer toolbox.
Her students learn the system before they take a highlighter or stapler — so they know exactly where to return them.
“If I wasn’t...
DATE: Nov 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Tinee Furbert, a 39-year-old mother of two with an extensive background in healthcare, has been unveiled by Opposition leader David Burt as the new Progressive Labour Party appointee to the Senate.
With Renee Ming now the Opposition leader in the Upp...
DATE: Nov 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
An information session for parents is to be held on Wednesday of next week on standards-based grading, which is being introduced throughout public schools.
The system, which will be implemented from the primary through senior school levels, is aimed ...
Christian “Kit” Cunningham is eager to positively impact Bermuda’s legal community, after being Called to the Bar on Friday.
Family, friends and colleagues from BeesMont Law Ltd watched on as the 26-year-old from Flatts became the island’s newest law...
Shirley Pearman used to get a lot of parking tickets.
The 77-year-old often lingered too long volunteering at the Bermuda National Gallery.
She’s a person who likes to get things done, no matter how long it takes.
Eventually she started taking the...
DATE: Nov 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
One of things that can be said about Bermuda, is that we are a charitable country. For better or worse, we have a large amount of charities on this small island of ours, all of whom are striving for one good cause or the other.
With the implementat...
The island’s Barbadian community gathered on Saturday night to mark the Caribbean nation’s 50th anniversary of independence from the United Kingdom.
Attending the event at the Hamilton Princess Hotel was Jean Holder, one of the country’s “founding fa...