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Three watchdog groups to scrutinise public spending will start work in the new year, the Speaker of the House of Assembly said. The Parliamentary Oversight Committees will hold ministers and their departments to account in an effort to get value for ...

A group set up to support public schools has called on the public to help ease a shortage of classroom supplies. Support Public Schools hopes people will be inspired by the donation of $1,000 to every primary school on the island by the Green family,...

Playground equipment at a Devonshire primary school has been taped off after it was branded “unsafe” in the wake an inspection. But the Department of Education said it aimed to have repairs at Prospect Primary School completed in time for the start ...

A high school pupil was seriously injured in an accident earlier this month, the Department of Education has announced. The pupil was taken to hospital for treatment and an investigation has been launched into what happened. The incident happened at ...

Louis Somner, an official at the Bermuda Industrial Union, has died. Mr Somner was 59. Colleagues said yesterday Mr Somner, who died on Sunday, was a battler for workers’ rights over his ten-year career with the union and a devoted family man. Georg...

An education campaign will be rolled out to help local companies understand their responsibilities under new “economic substance” laws. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, admitted work was needed to make sure people know what they must do to ...

Students in public schools will not receive report cards until next year, according to the Department of Education. A government spokeswoman said: “In response to feedback from key stakeholder groups inclusive of the Bermuda Union of Teachers and sch...

Schoolchildren on a special autism programme are still stuck in temporary accommodation three months after they were forced out of their classroom because of health fears. Selessia Watson, whose six-year-old son, Dante, is a pupil on the Paget Primar...

Bermuda High School pupils raised more than $2,500 to bring food and comfort to people with dementia this festive season. Residents of the Packwood Home in Somerset got a special visit when 11 schoolgirls presented them with food hampers, toiletries...

Children’s rights campaigners urged the Government yesterday not to push on with a proposed legal change that they claimed would erode the right of vulnerable youngsters to independent legal representation in court. Katie Richards, a family law exper...