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The Human Rights Commission, accused in Parliament of taking a “narrow” focus on same-sex marriage, called the comments “disheartening”. The response, from HRC chairwoman Tawana Tannock, followed remarks in the House of Assembly given by Marc Bean, w...

Bermuda’s tax structure needs revamping sooner rather than later, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert said in his appraisal of the latest Budget statement. Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, acknowledged in last Friday’s statement th...

Parents and teachers are resolutely against the closure of any schools, a public forum heard last night. Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, also faced scepticism over school restructuring, with many citing the island’s difficulties with adopting...

A toy boat launched at sea by school students last year in the United States has reached the coast of Wales, after getting a little Bermuda help during a stopover on the island. The Carolina Dreamer was put together by St Andrew’s School of Math and ...

The influential role of Bertram Guishard, one of the Island’s senior educators, has been recalled in the establishment of Bermuda College. Mr Guishard, who died last week at the age of 87, was “a very upright, trustworthy, honest individual”, said Ge...

Congratulations have gone from CedarBridge Academy to 18 of its S2 students who sat the IGCSE Cambridge Examination in English Language in November 2015. The school reported its best results, with three A* grades, six As, six Bs and four Cs — after ...

Sources within the One Bermuda Alliance fear that the party is on the brink of “political suicide” over its apparent disconnect with ordinary Bermudians. Longstanding frustrations after the party’s sizeable defeat in the Devonshire North Central by-e...

A forum has been called today on the toll taken on the island’s women by unemployment, with many said to have been forced to seek jobs overseas. “Women Hearing Women”, a gathering to share the challenges facing women, was set by Kim Wilson, the Progr...

Tawana Tannock, the Human Rights Commission’s newly appointed president, sees “exciting and dynamic times” ahead for human rights in Bermuda. “Human rights have been at the forefront of Bermuda’s imagination for the last three years — it’s a great ti...

“I don’t make promises that I don’t know I can fulfil,” said Diallo Rabain of his campaign in Devonshire North Central for the Progressive Labour Party. “I will do my best to investigate and get back to the people here, but I am not going to promise ...