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School students could be learning remotely until May, the Education Minister said yesterday. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the closing of public and private schools to in-house learning from Monday was done on the advice of the Educati...

The year’s first commemorative stamp series have been issued to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of The Garden Club of Bermuda. From a modest beginning in April 4, 1921, the club has grown into one of the island’s most lasting groups. The four stamps ...

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...

Interactive sessions designed to take youngsters on virtual sea voyages will be offered next week by the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. The 40-minute online presentations will guide children aged 5 to 13 through different aspects of ocean ...

A more contagious strain of the coronavirus that has spread into the island’s schools came as a result of the “poor behaviour of adults”, MPs heard this morning. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, addressed the House of Assembly on moves taken o...

A 25 per cent rise in family cases in the courts and a 30 per cent spike in domestic abuse protection orders over the last year were probably sparked by the Covid pandemic, MPs have been told. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, said there had ...

The first step in the biggest change in decades in Bermuda’s public education system has been approved by MPs. Senior level “signature schools” required to offer one or more “signature learning programmes” will be introduced under the changes. Diallo...

Two veterans of the civil service who died this month were yesterday honoured by the Bermuda Public Services Union. Joseph Christopher, 77, was a former Commissioner of Education and education historian, and Kenneth Richardson, a former Cabinet Secre...

Pembroke students were yesterday warned “not to wait until the last minute” to apply for the Parish Council’s annual scholarship and grants for study at Bermuda College. The PPC is now accepting applications, which are limited to high school leavers ...

Tomorrow will mark the last meeting on a shake-up of the primary school system. Three parishes – Hamilton Parish, Smith’s and Warwick – will be up for discussion. A spokeswoman for the education ministry said it was an issue of national importance. S...