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More school classes may need to be taught remotely as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continued to sweep across the island, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt was speaking after schools failed to reopen last Wednesday as planned — and the...

The Government is to introduce a pilot at-home coronavirus antigen test programme at some schools, The Royal Gazette understands. A letter said to be from Kalmar Richards, the Commissioner of Education, was sent to “system leaders” after a backlog o...

Schools that reopened their classrooms this week were hit by widespread staff and pupil absences because of a failure to get coronavirus test results returned in time, sources said yesterday. One public school staff member highlighted that a class at...

Progressive Labour Party MPs said they wanted to see an end to petty partisan politics, a return to undisturbed learning for schoolchildren and an even economic and racial playing field. Christopher Famous, the MP for Devonshire East said: “Any poli...

One Bermuda Alliance MPs said they hoped that the year ahead would attract job creators as well as bring a reduction in violent crime and calm to the roads. Jarion Richardson, the Opposition Whip and Shadow Minister of Labour and for the Cabinet Offi...

Two granddaughters of Bermuda civil rights activist, Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon, have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours. Veteran BBC news broadcaster Moira Stuart was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and her sister Sharon Dav...

Eagle-eyed bird watchers logged 7,561 individual birds in one day during Bermuda’s 47th annual Christmas Bird Count. A total of 83 species were seen on the “count day” – Saturday, December 18 – and an additional 12 species were spotted during the “c...

The Government has introduced antigen testing at the airport after travellers were left scrambling to obtain last minute pre-departure Covid-19 tests after failing to receive their results. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that a signifi...

Parents and guardians can now register to attend virtual open houses for preschools, primary schools and middle schools, the Department of Education has announced. The events will take place via Zoom and attendees must sign up by midnight before the...

The executive director for the Women’s Resource Centre, Tina Laws, said navigating Covid-19 has not been easy for anyone. “But with the support of our valued donors, community partners and volunteers, we have been extremely grateful to have remained ...