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A true passion for education, a drive to stay ahead of the game and a genuine love of children are some of the essential qualities that make a great teacher. This is the view of Harrington Sound Primary School teachers Kathy Pearman and Lynett George...

This week I am going to get personal, Mr Editor, but in a good way. It was only two weeks ago in my column on unsung heroes that I mentioned my uncle Bobby Barritt and his influence on my decision to go into politics. The tributes which have appeared...

A telecoms engineer has become the first Bermudian to take part in an international freediving competition. Scott Amos set a string of national freedive records during the Deja Blue freediving event held in Grand Cayman last month. His feat is even m...

For brave Kandice Douglas-Young her 11th birthday at the end of this month is extra special. The youngster suffers from a rare congenital heart condition and will travel to Boston in August to find out if she will have to undergo potentially life-sav...

Patrick Tannock, president of XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd, has been honoured with the Annual Salute to Service Award from Bermuda Health Foundation. According to the Foundation, Mr Tannock was recognised “because of his commitment and dedication to mo...

Today’s funeral service for Neehari Robinson, the 12-year-old who died from a rare cancer this month, will be live streamed on the internet for family and friends who are unable to attend the service in the UK. Neehari and his family moved from Bermu...

Dancer Rikkai Scott knew he had all the right moves for an audition in Amsterdam. Unfortunately, he did not have money to travel. The 25-year-old was just finishing up a dance degree at the London Contemporary Dance School in the UK. “Students genera...

Two Warwick Academy students are the proud winners of prizes in the recent Reef Watch Art Competition. The winners were Rachael Dill for her sea turtle sculpture and Jamie Newton, who recently joined the school as his father is part of Team Oracle, ...

Alonzo Richards used to wish he was invisible. “The other children kept making jokes about my size, which I didn’t like too much,” he said. “I was stocky.” He is now a muscular 18-year-old but he was able to tap into those childhood feelings to win t...

“What do you do?” came that inescapable question from the successful businessman. “I’m a coach,” I said. “Oh really, what sport?” “Life.” “So can you fix me?” he asked. “Nope,” I replied, “because you’re not broken.” He looked disappointed for a mo...

Some of the “old-timers” living in Inghams Vale still remember the days when the area was known as the Key West of Bermuda. Home to a quintet of families — the Inghams, the Robinsons, the Dyers, the Dillas’s and the Kings — everyone got along well in...

Ginny Ferson’s knees were knocking. A busy ambassador had asked her to fill in for him at a meeting and it was only once she got there she discovered she had to make a speech. It was 1994 and she was second secretary at the Luxembourg British Embass...