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A demand to find out how much cash raised by the controversial sugar tax had been used to boost health was made yesterday. The One Bermuda Alliance said it wanted details of where the $700,000 in extra cash raised since last year from the tax had gon...

A student at Whitney Institute Middle School injured two others with “equipment from an art class” in a “recent incident”, according to Kalmar Richards, the Commissioner of Education. Ms Richards said yesterday: “Any incident such as this is taken ve...

Extra cash from cost savings in the Department of Education have gone to finance special programmes, the Minister of Education said. Diallo Rabain told the House of Assembly that there was no increase in the department’s $114 million budget, but it ...

The Budget showed the Government had listened to hoteliers’ fears over rising land taxes, the Bermuda Hotel Association said yesterday. Stephen Todd, CEO of the BHA, said hoteliers were pleased that Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, confirmed t...

A football club’s educational foundation is to mark its fifteenth year of helping young Bermudians. The foundation, set up by Pembroke Hamilton Club in 2004, has supported more than 40 students who were involved in the PHC sports programme. O’Shandah...

Removal of mould in a Pembroke school cost more than $444,000, new figures have revealed. And renovations to the bathrooms at a Warwick school cost about $400,000. The cost of the mould work at Dellwood Middle School and the price of new bathrooms a...

The owner of an island perfumery is the new Honorary Consul of Canada. Isabelle Ramsay-Brackstone, the Canadian-born operator of Lili Bermuda, wants to use the position to strengthen the relationship between the two countries. She said: “It’s a great...

A work to rule at West Pembroke Primary School quietly ended earlier this month, according to the Ministry of Education. The action which launched in November came to an end on January 3. A spokesman said: “Towards the end of November 2018, West Pemb...

A single mom who worked two jobs to pay for her education was Called to the Bermuda Bar yesterday. Now she has rejoined the law firm where she once worked as a secretary as a barrister. Keeka Simons, 34, fought back tears at Supreme Court as she than...

Conservationists hope lionfish will be back on the menu this winter as the fifth annual Winter Lionfish Derby picks up steam. As of Monday afternoon more than 180 lionfish had already been caught as part of this year’s derby. A spokesman said: “It se...