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A law to protect the young from grooming for sex by people in positions of power was backed yesterday by the Senate. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said the Criminal Code Amendment Act would create a new crimi...

A child with special needs was overlooked because of “maladministration” in the Department of Education, a report by the Ombudsman has ruled. Victoria Pearman said improvements were needed to prevent children from education harm in her 2019 report on...

A programme for young people that has operated for almost 25 years is to shut its doors. Clare Mello, the executive director for YouthNet, said the decision came after five years of financial problems — and the Covid-19 pandemic was the last straw. M...

Bermuda College will open its doors again next month — but health and safety precautions will be enforced. Duranda Greene, the college president, said that safety for staff and students had been “priority one” for its July 6 reopening. Dr Greene adde...

Bermuda will move to the third phase of relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions on Thursday, it was announced last night, but public schools will stay shut until September. David Burt, the Premier, said the final details of the next stage of a return to ...

The appointment process for the Commissioner of Education post was “fatally flawed”, a lawyer claimed this week. Mark Diel, who represented veteran teacher and education administrator Gina Tucker, told the Court of Appeal on Wednesday that the Board ...

Public access to information will be vital in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner, said that only through transparency would the public be able to fairly consider the actions taken to address Covid-...

International ocean experts have joined forces to launch a “virtual education series” on the seas around Bermuda. The first episode of Ocean Diaries went online this week as part of a collaboration between the Bermuda Zoological Society, the Bermuda ...

The case of a police officer convicted of the destruction of traffic tickets will return to court next month as prosecutors seek a longer prison sentence. The Department of Public Prosecutions has launched a Court of Appeal action against the 30-mont...

A Portuguese national who has lived in Bermuda for more than 20 years has lost a legal fight for naturalisation. Marco Tavares asked the Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the Immigration Appeal Tribunal to deny him residency rights in Bermuda. ...