The Cambridge Elementary School Checkpoint results provide valid reason for Bermudians to ask: why are so many of our young people struggling academically and are they being prepared for success?
This also begs the question as to whether adequate and...
This the third part in the New Retirement series.
Should you pay off your mortgage before you retire? This is probably the most common question posed to me (along with “will we run out of money”) in the many years of my retirement counselling profess...
It was one of those watershed moments in world history that gave the slow march of events in Bermuda an abrupt push in a new and entirely unexpected direction.
Britain’s final acceptance and recognition of American Independence in 1783 meant, among o...
The Commission of Inquiry will host its first public hearing on June 27, scrutinising the previous government’s use of taxpayer funds.
Members have reportedly completed a week of preparatory meetings, during which they established a timetable leading...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda have been handed another tricky draw in the Caribbean Cup after being pitted against French Guiana and Dominican Republic in the second round of the competition.
Andrew Bascome’s side will renew hostilities with French Guiana, who they beat 2...
DATE: Apr 08, 2016 | CATEGORY: Football | AUTHOR: Stephen Wright
A fresh chapter has begun for the Human Rights Commission in its new headquarters, where the latest set of commissioners held its first meeting.
Tawana Tannock, the HRC chairwoman, praised the work of the selection committee in bringing together comm...
DATE: Apr 08, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
More than 200 years ago, two Royal Navy lieutenants travelled to Bermuda to embark on a ground-breaking project to map the island’s landscape, seabed and perilous reefs.
The culmination of eight years’ meticulous work by Thomas Hurd and Andrew Evans ...
Inquiring minds want to know, Mr Editor, following last week’s column and recent events: OK, Barritt, any bright ideas on how consultation could work? Fair question.
First, any attempt needs to be real and genuine. People will quickly recognise when ...
There has been a lot of propaganda surrounding the beleaguered introduction and subsequent withdrawal of the Bermuda Immigration and Protection Amendment Act 2016.
The mantra, which has revolved around the “Pathways to Status” campaign, has been that...
Brussels has been struck by a multi-bomb terrorist attack and there will be legitimate questions in the coming days about the effectiveness of Belgium’s police and counterterrorism operations, as well as airport security in general.
These events, tho...
