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David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, today delivered the Budget Statement for 2018-19. Here are the main highlights: • “This Budget will ease the burdens for the single mother and the struggling family with a tax cut that will increase th...

The Bermuda National Library and the US Consulate will host a screening of the film Marshall next week in honour of Black History Month. The US Consulate said the film told the story of Thurgood Marshall as he travelled across the US on behalf of the...

The mother of the victims of a high-risk sex offender was in shock last night after his release was made public without her family being informed. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, learnt of the impending release of Jonathan Jon Cumbe...

Teachers are buying basic school necessities out of their own pockets, according to the Bermuda Union of Teachers. Union president Shannon James called for more help in the Progressive Labour Party’s first Budget since it returned to power, which wil...

More than 600 lionfish were speared last month as hunters dived into the fourth annual Winter Lionfish Derby. Organiser Corey Eddy, who published a PhD thesis on lionfish in Bermuda, said that while the number of hunters doubled since last year, the ...

Only a quarter of middle school students are attaining a target set for maths by the Department of Education, a new report has revealed. The data shows that Middle 3 and Primary 6 students are well behind the average score of their peers in the subj...

Copies of Florenz Maxwell’s book about the Theatre Boycott will now be available in all public school libraries. Mrs Maxwell, a member of the Progressive Group that organised the boycott of 1959, delivered copies of Girlcott to the Ministry of Educat...

A pair of culinary arts students have poured their hearts into creating the perfect dish for Valentine’s Day. Tikei Swan and Kalen Mills, who both study at Bermuda College, were given free rein to come up with a menu item and signature drink for Ros...

The Argus Group and BF&M Limited have made a joint donation of $100,000 to the Bermuda Diabetes Association. Each company will contribute $50,000 towards the development of a new, larger facility at the BDA’s new location at 22 Princess Street. The i...

Four BHS students were recently selected as global finalists in the DECA Idea Challenge. This year’s competition was the biggest yet, with 2,255 submissions from around the world. BHS entered twelve teams and the finalists were the winning team in Be...