Is it going to rain tomorrow? Tourists constantly ask Alfred Wright that question. His standard response is to stick his finger up as if testing the air, before pronouncing solemnly: there’s a probability. People usually take his word for it.
“For t...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Home & Away | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
All four of Warwick Academy’s BTEC sixth-form students have graduated with distinction grades, the high school has announced.
The qualification — provided by the Business and Technology Education Council — is a vocational pathway which Warwick Acade...
Government is stepping up its efforts to stop the Zika virus entering the island.
While Bermuda is considered Zika-free — at least no cases have reported — the Department of Health’s Vector Control team is piloting a new In2Care Mosquito Trap scheme....
The Government’s disputed airport redevelopment contract is to be investigated by a Commission of Inquiry along with contentious projects of the past — such as Bermuda Emissions Control and GlobalHue.
That independent body, which held its first publi...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Social development programmes should be mandatory at sports clubs to help to curb violence and other antisocial behaviour, the former president of Boulevard Community Club has claimed.
Lou Matthews said that young men needed to be educated and encour...
In a first, a group of Bermuda High School students got to spend the few days before summer break tackling science projects at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
The trip was part of the school’s second annual Steam week, for Science,...
DATE: Jun 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Kiana Madeiros jumped at the chance to sing at Berkeley’s Summer Jazz Jam. An audience of fellow jazz lovers sounded like heaven to the 18-year-old. Not many of her peers share her passion.
“I’ve always loved old music,” said the songwriter, who grad...
DATE: Jun 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts & Entertainment | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Pupils from Northlands Primary School have been given a taste of Spanish thanks to a unique partnership between the Department of Education and a global bank.
Education chiefs in Bermuda teamed up with Lombard Odier to allow the school to offer Span...
Ten Bermudians have been awarded Dr Barbara Ball Public Health Scholarships.
Congratulating all of them, Minister of Health and Seniors Jeanne Atherden said: “After due consideration, the ten scholarship winners stood out as having the combination o...
Dear Sir,
Our gun discussions and the referendum on same-sex marriage need one vital ingredient: education.
The Bible and The Second Amendment were written many years ago, often out of ignorance.
The Bible, because of science, was not at that time a...
DATE: Jun 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
