The protection of children, seniors and the sick were all prominent features of a Throne Speech that promised to look after Bermuda’s most vulnerable people yesterday.
Penalties for predatory sexual crimes against children will be toughened up, legis...
DATE: Nov 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Five good causes are sharing more than $68,000 as part of the Cash Back for Communities initiative.
The charities and organisations were chosen thanks to their “tremendous track records of success with their target populations”.
The money comes from...
Ethical issues that arise over long-term care are being discussed by medical staff as part of Ethics Awareness Week.
Expert Christy Simpson, the head of the bioethics department at Dalhousie University, is working with staff from King Edward VII Memo...
On this date in 1978, the British Government intended to push Bermuda towards independence, according to recently declassified documents.
A cable sent from the London Embassy to the US Secretary of State and US Consulate, dated October 30, 1978, deta...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Think of young Bermudians creating opportunities for themselves in Britain in cricket and football, and the names Nahki Wells, Delray Rawlins, Kamau Leverock, Dale Eve, Rai Simons and Reggie Lambe come to mind.
LeiLanni Nesbeth is the latest name on ...
DATE: Oct 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Cricket | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
Malaysian artist Kok Wan Lee is hosting his debut photography exhibition for charity.
All of the show’s proceeds will be donated to the Sunshine League which supports and assists young people.
The exhibition, Dialogue to Nature, features images, mos...
A drive to buy a high-tech, motorised wheelchair for a shooting victim left paralysed has been launched.
Friends of Ralph Burrows, who was paralysed from the chest down after being mistaken for someone else and shot, decided to launch an appeal to ra...
DATE: Oct 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Nearly 30 youth sailors got a rare treat sailing around Hamilton Harbour on the one-design M32 catamaran at the weekend.
The eager and enthusiastic youngsters took up an invitation from Mark Watson, the Argo Group president, to sail on the high-perfo...
DATE: Oct 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Sailing | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
Lyceum Preschool principal Sarah DeSilva is on a mission to convert a derelict area behind the school into an earth-friendly natural playing ground. Last week she brought together an experienced team to focus their time and energy on the project.
S...
Bermuda’s “secretive” system of government will be cracked open when the first major disclosures under Pati are made, according to the Island’s first information commissioner.
Gitanjali Gutierrez said the Island’s Westminster system was traditionally...
DATE: Sep 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
