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Bermuda yesterday recorded another five Covid-19 cases, bringing the number of active cases to 21. All of the new cases, which came from a batch of 479 test results, were classified as local transmission through contact with known cases. The results ...

There are almost 3,000 fewer jobs on the island than a year ago, the Premier said yesterday. But David Burt predicted last Friday’s Budget laid the foundations for an economic recovery that would diversify the economy and get Bermudians back to work....

The Minister of Finance should cut taxes and fees for businesses to re-energise the economy, it was claimed yesterday. Green-friendly projects, increased support for youth services, and breaks for charities that provide essential services, were other...

More than half of the House of Assembly’s 36 MPs contributed to yesterday’s debate on the Cannabis Licensing Act 2020. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and legal affairs minister, started the debate and claimed that the Act was a push bac...

The opposition One Bermuda Alliance Party has questioned Government plans to shut down almost half of the island’s 18 primary schools. And Shadow Education Minister Susan Jackson also called for more detail on the training that teachers will be given...

Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, has rejected calls to abolish “coerced” collective worship in schools. Mr Rabain said he supported legislation which dictates that schools “shall begin with collective worship on the part of all pupils in at...

Student numbers at The Bermuda College have more than doubled in the last five years according to the Ministry of Education. And, the ministry said, the numbers are up in part because of wider access to Government funding in the form of scholarshi...

Six pupils at an international school have been appointed acting prefects. Azari Kelly, Matthew Mitchell, Zyrah Trott, Matthew Forrester, Keziah Smith and Jordan Smith all study at the Chatmore British International school in Smith’s. The six, aged b...

Primary school buildings are outdated and not fit to provide the education system of the future, the Commissioner of Education has claimed. Kalmar Richards spoke out at a public meeting for St. George’s Parish residents last night on Government plans...

A pressure group is calling for religion to be banned from public school assemblies, claiming it is a coercive form of oppression that breaches the rights of children. Social Justice Bermuda also argued that students who exercise their right to opt o...