A Bermudian hotel worker used his own dough to fund a service that provides fresh bread for the needy.
Now he has bought two bread-making machines out of his own pocket and had another given to him to make fresh loaves for anyone who needs them.
McCa...
DATE: Apr 08, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
This is a serious time to review the disparate differences again between the Bermuda Government employees defined benefit plan (the Public Service Superannuation Fund) and the Bermuda private business sector employee defined contribution plan (the Be...
Residents are being asked to join the fight against an invading predator that threatens to destroy Bermuda’s marine ecosystem.
The call to arms has been issued by the Bermuda Lionfish Taskforce (BLT), which recommends that an army of volunteers could...
The annual Budget Debate is behind us. Time to take stock. How was it for you? The debate, I mean.
Frankly, I wonder how many people bothered to listen in. Even for a period of time.
Mind you, there was plenty of opportunity for those who were intere...
“Investment is most intelligent when it’s most businesslike.”
- ‘The Intelligent Investor’ by Benjamin Graham
The Berkshire Hathaway 2013 Annual Shareholders Letter came out on Saturday, March 1. As many readers will know, I am a huge fan of Mr Buff...
When Althea Overbey read about teenager N’Keema Virgil’s battle with brain cancer, she knew she had to meet her.
The 62-year-old was diagnosed with a tumour the size of a grapefruit at the base of her skull almost 30 years ago — and is still here to ...
DATE: Apr 03, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
A US fertility expert will speak tomorrow at a meeting organised by Island infertility support group Paperwhites.
A spokeswoman said Dr Matan Yemini, from the Diamond Institute in New Jersey, would discuss options for having children, including in-vi...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
John Lennon’s visit to the Island in 1980 will be a feature of this year’s famous Chelsea Flower Show by way of a “Bermuda Double Fantasy Garden” exhibit.
Double Fantasy was the name of Lennon’s last album, inspired by the freesia the former Beatle s...
A major UN report on global climate change has emphasised the potential impact of rising sea levels on Island nations like Bermuda.
The report, titled ‘Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability’, is the second in a series by the UN’...
The US Consulate has warned Americans that the Island’s beaches could be a health hazard due to sewage contamination.
And it said that any US tourists planning to swim off the south shore should consider immunisations for Hepatitis A and typhoid.
The...
DATE: Apr 01, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
