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A proposed education authority must be free from government influence, a newly appointed independent senator said yesterday. Speaking during the Senate debate on the Throne Speech, John Wight said: “I am pleased to see the creation of an education a...

Two more coronavirus cases have been identified and, separately, children from a fourth school were told to quarantine, it emerged yesterday. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said that the Primary 5 class of West End Primary was asked to sta...

An Opposition senator questioned how many Bermuda College students on government scholarships had graduated. Marcus Jones, the Opposition Senate Leader, yesterday quizzed Owen Darrell, senator and Junior Minister for the Cabinet Office, Education, an...

The City of Hamilton put the finishing touches to its traditional Christmas tree yesterday – with some help from youngsters from an autism education centre. Kingsley Ming, a pupil at autism services centre Tomorrow’s Voices, was invited to help place...

More than a third of people – 42 per cent – lost income because of the Covid-19 pandemic, a poll revealed yesterday. The Global Research poll showed that 27 per cent of those surveyed had been laid off or had their hours reduced and that 8 per cent l...

A total of eight new cases of the coronavirus were identified over the weekend and all but one had no link to travel, the Minister of Health revealed last night. Kim Wilson said the positive test results were among 2,044 that came back to health offi...

The Bermuda College will host a virtual conference on Saturday aimed at helping educators to better teach reading, especially to primary school students. The conference, entitled “Reading Success for Every Child: Teaching Reading is Rocket Science”,...

Children and staff at a total of three schools and a nursery have been told to quarantine out of an “abundance of caution” over the coronavirus, the Government said last night. Primary two pupils and some teachers at St George’s Preparatory School w...

Schools around the island celebrated World Children’s Day yesterday and raised money for a charity devoted to the welfare of families. The youngsters wore blue to mark the UN’s drive to better the lives of children around the world – and helped rais...

A Bermudian university lecturer and social activist has been appointed to a ground-breaking position at one of the world’s most prestigious universities. Ty-Ron Douglas is to join the University of California-Berkeley on January 1 as the school’s f...