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Sompo International Holdings Ltd has made a series of moves to build out its strategic distribution and development capabilities for international insurance. The Bermudian-based specialty re/insurer has hired Maxine Goddard as senior vice-president i...

The Bermuda Entertainment Union mourned the loss of musician and political activist David W Burch, who died at the age of 75. A BEU spokesman highlighted Mr Burch’s long history as a performer. Mr Burch performed and recorded as Papa D, and sang with...

Reckless boaters and swimmers have been trying to get close to whales putting themselves and the animals in danger, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Now the public is being urged to follow simple whale-watching guidel...

Routine saliva testing for the coronavirus is to be expanded in the island’s public school system, according to Diallo Rabain, the education minister. Mr Rabain said last night that a pilot school testing programme had found “two positive cases which...

The mother of a teenager who died last year after a motorcycle accident is hoping to raise money to start a scholarship in honour of her son. Antoinette Burgess said that fundraising had started for the Kijani Burgess Dream Award and that she hoped t...

Senior managers at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital say they are prepared for a surge in Covid-19 cases - after 18 patients were admitted over the weekend. And the Bermuda Hospitals Board last night urged families to “take their loved ones home for...

SOS! There is an urgent need to have put forward a few direct questions that have real-time significance and are of national importance. What must one do in Bermuda to attain justice or even relief, if everyone from the very head of our judicial fram...

Fifty years ago, in 1971, American art historian Linda Nochlin wrote her seminal essay, "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" In this essay, Nochlin explored the institutional impediments that she felt prevented women from achieving success i...

This year, “I choose to challenge” was the theme of International Women’s Month. In the spirit of this, I have elected to challenge our government to work to improve the protection of women and others who are harassed and abused, and to ban the non-d...

Opening a dance studio was the last thing on Deshae Edness’ mind, a year ago. She was comfortable running her dance company Sui Generis as a performance team, and training at borrowed venues. Then the pandemic hit. “When Covid-19 happened, we were ...

With nothing else to do during shelter-in-place last year, Russell Eddy picked up a paintbrush and got to work at his easel. “It’s relaxing. It takes my mind off other things,” the 85-year-old said. “I’m sure there are lots of people out there [explo...

The year 2020 and the start of 2021 will mark a dramatically different school experience that all of our children will remember for the rest of their lives. Our teachers have had to be creative, adapting to conditions and circumstances that they were...