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The first signature school programmes are on schedule to start in September, the education minister told the House of Assembly. Diallo Rabain said financial technology, vet sciences, medical sciences and automotive technology will be among the subje...

The Government’s new quarantine policy for close and casual contacts in schools is “overly complex, discriminatory and coercive”, a parents’ pressure group has claimed. A spokeswoman for Us For Them Bermuda said: “Rather than a pragmatic policy on ho...

Pupils at a St George’s primary school braved the waters off Fort St Catherine yesterday afternoon to raise funds for their parent teacher association. The youngsters from East End Primary took part in the Polar Bear Swim at the beauty spot to raise ...

The mother of a schoolboy who suffered a severe brain injury in a car crash has highlighted March’s status as Brain Injury Awareness Month. Helen Cart said she planned to use the international commemoration month to promote brain injury prevention, a...

Legislation designed to end “unhelpful blaming and shaming” in divorce cases was backed by the Senate today. The Upper House heard the Matrimonial Causes (Faultless Divorce) Amendment Act was the first of several changes designed to modernise matrim...

Legislation designed to keep better tabs on the pharmaceutical sector was today backed by the Senate. The Pharmacy and Poisons Amendment Act 2022 will bolster the Bermuda Pharmacy Council with the appointment of a member qualified in legal and ethic...

Police have warned members of the public not to circulate a video of students involved in a fight. The video shows several students in CedarBridge Academy uniforms engaged in unruly behaviour in a classroom. A spokesman for the Bermuda Police Servi...

Regulations for quarantine of Covid-19 contacts in schools have been changed, the education minister revealed yesterday. Diallo Rabain said in a letter to senior education staff that vaccinated people who tested positive for the coronavirus would hav...

A final call has been made for people to fill “critically important” positions on the island’s Human Rights Tribunal. The Selection and Appointment Committee for Human Rights wants applications from people prepared to rule on discrimination complaint...

Submission rates for Covid-19 antigen testing remain at only 57 per cent for students and 50 per cent for staff in public schools, the Ministry of Education has said. The ministry urged parents and staff to take up the testing to increase these figu...