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Education is the key to democracy and economic development, the former head of the global teachers’ body Education International has said. Fred Van Leeuwen, the group’s past general secretary, added education was “an individual and collective right”....

The island’s top dairy business said it was watching developments over a closure-threatened farm that provides around a quarter of Bermuda’s milk. Stephen Dunkley, the general manager of Dunkley’s Dairy, said he was “in a holding pattern” over the po...

Tynes Bay will have longer hours for public trash drop-offs from Monday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said the number of people using the drop-off service had increased. He added that the plant manager had agreed to e...

Regulations for initial coin offering, a key piece of the island’s cryptocurrency legislation, were officially gazetted today, national security minister Wayne Caines announced. It came as Mr Caines warned that early talk of potential offerings would...

The Bermuda Farmers Association urged the Government yesterday to ditch its plan to remove West End farmers from their land amid concerns over the island’s dwindling farming industry. The association claimed less than 400 acres is now being farmed ac...

Health insurance premiums have spiked as much as 18.5 per cent, health minister Kim Wilson told MPs yesterday. In some cases this will mean residents having to pay an additional $100 a month, which Ms Wilson said “can’t be easy for most working famil...

Legislators last night approved the introduction of police checkpoints to screen motorists for sobriety, in a bid to curtail drink-driving. Transport minister Walter Roban told the House of Assembly that while the Bill was “not the cure-all — but it...

The House of Assembly will today debate the introduction of roadside breath test checkpoints. The Road Traffic (Road Sobriety Checkpoints) Amendment Act will allow the senior magistrate to authorise police officers to carry out roadside breath tests ...

The Bermuda Government is to appeal a landmark Supreme Court decision reversing the island’s ban on same-sex marriage. The proceedings against the June 6 ruling by Chief Justice Ian Kawaley were confirmed yesterday by Walton Brown, the Minister of Ho...

The first hurricane of the season has formed in the West Atlantic. Hurricane Beryl, upgraded overnight from a tropical storm, remains on a slow course towards the Caribbean. However it is expected to dwindle before it reaches the Lesser Antilles late...