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The Ministry of Health has begun an investigation into two cases of the highly infectious whooping cough at a Devonshire school. Carlos Symonds, head of school at Somersfield Academy, told parents in an e-mail yesterday that the department had confir...

An international genetics conference returned to Bermuda today for the fourth time. The Bermuda Principles Impact Conference will kick off at the Fairmont Southampton with genetics experts from around the world to tackle the subject of transcriptomic...

Saturday evening marked the official close of the Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) Centennial celebrations. The date, February 1, 2020, was observed with a modest ceremony at the BUT headquarters at 72 Teacher’s Place on Church Street which officially...

Christmas cheer carried over into January as the Pembroke Rotary Club announced the winners of the 2019 Christmas Essay Competition. The annual contest has run for the past four years, and is open to both public and private schools at the primary, mi...

The Ministry of Health would like to inform the public that the application period for the Dr. Barbara Ball Public Health Scholarship will open on February 10. The application period will conclude on 30 April 2020. The Ministry of Health awards the...

Two trailblazers are to be celebrated at a dinner to mark Black History Month at the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club. Ruth Thomas and Gil Tucker will speak about their personal experiences and the importance of black history at the event. Ms Thomas, a...

Teaching assistants could be in line for a pay rise in the next Budget in the wake of proper job descriptions being finalised after more than 20 years. The Bermuda Union of Teachers said it was “reasonably optimistic” that a wage increase for classro...

Patients 1st Bermuda, a pressure group with 10,000 supporters to improve healthcare reform, is hosting a ‘Health Plan Talk in the Park’ this Friday Feb 7th. The group was started by concerned medical professionals and has now grown to a community fo...

The sugar tax, imposed on October 1, 2018, collected $5,402,000 by December 1, 2019. The extra duty on sugary foods and drinks, aimed at reducing diabetes and obesity, was raised to 75 per cent in April last year, with the revenue to be used for heal...

Parents were urged to keep their children off school if they showed signs of whooping cough after two confirmed cases of the highly contagious illness. Staff at Somersfield Academy announced a string of precautionary measures yesterday in efforts to ...