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Controversial proposals to shut down almost half the island’s primary schools will not go ahead until a public consultation process is complete, Government has said. But Diallo Rabain, the education minister, warned that opponents of the revamp will ...

Another 19,500 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Bermuda next week, the Premier, David Burt revealed last night. The fresh supplies from the UK mean that almost a third of the island’s population could be vaccinated against the virus by th...

The island’s first code of practice for dealing with people with psychiatric problems has been introduced. The Bermuda Hospitals Board document was drawn up to create “safe, effective and consistent” standards of care for the mentally ill. Preston Sw...

The Ministry of Finance offices have reopened to the public after being closed for more than a week. A total of 21 of the ministry’s staff were ordered to work from home earlier this month and the offices on Parliament Street, Hamilton remained empty...

Scam artists are circulating e-mails asking recipients to provide personal information in order to claim cash prizes. The Bermuda Police Service is urging residents to avoid responding to the hoax correspondence, warning that “if it’s too good to be...

The owners of a luxury resort responsible for the desecration of a graveyard said they had taken steps to protect the historic site and ensure that it was maintained “in perpetuity”. A lawyer for the owners of the Rosewood Bermuda resort and golf cou...

A “wholesale review”of Bermuda’s tax system will be completed by the end of the year after legislation was passed in the Senate yesterday. The Tax Reform Commission Amendment Act 2020 – which will enable the Minister of Finance to set up the commissi...

A bid by Opposition senators to make Hamilton docks an essential service was defeated in the Upper House yesterday afternoon. A vote on the question was taking during debate on the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 2020. A second...

Staff at the Ministry of Finance are working from home after the department closed its offices on Parliament Street. But the Government is refusing to give a reason for the closure or say when the shutdown was imposed. In a statement issued yesterday...

Schoolchildren will be able to sit most of their exams this summer – even though tests have been cancelled in the UK because of the coronavirus pandemic. Public and private school students on the island sit exams set by UK examination boards. GCSEs f...