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A charity has signed up a Bermudian agricultural expert to deliver educational and therapeutic programmes. Omari Dill, an agronomist, an expert in soil and plants, is head of the WindReach environmental education programme. Mr Dill said: “We explore...

Quarantine periods are to be cut from next week, the health minister revealed yesterday. Kim Wilson added that schoolchildren would also switch from PCR tests to the antigen type. Ms Wilson insisted that the changes to quarantine requirements would h...

The Government yesterday denied it lost its grip on the coronavirus crisis after long delays in the test system left most schools closed on the first day of term and caused “chaotic” scenes at the airport. Kim Wilson, the health minister, defended th...

The Premier yesterday apologised for delays in coronavirus testing that were branded “chaotic” by the Opposition. David Burt admitted there had a been a “difference of opinion” with Carika Weldon, the scientist in charge of the test system, as he def...

Gambling watchdogs are in talks with the Government about whether to allow increased use of lotteries. Jean Major, the chief executive of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, said the organisation had been approached by several charities and groups ...

Staff shortages at the Government’s coronavirus test centre was yesterday blamed for delays that halted much of the scheduled return to school and left the airport in “chaos”, The Royal Gazette understands. The log jam for test results out meant just...

The way ministers handled a last minute decision to abandon plans for a full scale return to the classroom was last night attacked by the One Bermuda Alliance. Susan Jackson, the shadow education minister, said parents and families had been suffered ...

Just a handful of public schools will open their classrooms today, the Ministry of Education confirmed last night. A spokeswoman said there would be a “staggered opening of schools for term two” – with no middle or senior schools opening as parents a...

After a tumultuous 12 months in politics we look ahead at the likely flashpoints in the year to come. Shaun Connolly reports. HIGH STAKES IN CANNABIS CLASH David Burt, the Premier, appears on a collision course with Rena Lalgie, the Governor, over fa...

An organisational revamp of the Bermuda National Trust was yesterday backed by the Senate. The legislation, which increased the number of people to be elected to the trust’s council to 13 and ended appointment to the council by entitlement, was passe...