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Bermuda’s Premier and Cabinet Office minister were not required to appear at a British Foreign Affairs Select Committee session to examine Britain’s relationship with its Overseas Territories, a member of the all-party group said last night. Ian Murr...

A former acting education commissioner has returned to the post for a one-month stint. Llewellyn Simmons, director of academics at the Department of Education, took over at the start of this month because Kalmar Richards is on compassionate leave. T...

The X-ray unit at the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre has shut while the clinic awaits replacement parts, the Bermuda Hospitals Board has announced. X-ray scans cannot be provided until the parts arrive, which is expected to be early next week. The cli...

Bermuda’s human rights laws need updating to reflect social change, according to a civil liberties watchdog. Tawana Tannock, chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission, said: “Upholding the integrity of the Human Rights Act underpinned our engagement ...

An Opposition MP has accused the Government of a rush to table a Bill in Parliament that “seeks to reduce the level of support for Bermudian children in the court system”. Scott Pearman, the shadow legal affairs minister, criticised the Progressive L...

A “matchmaking” service for jobseekers will lead to a higher standard of training and better employees, the Government said yesterday. The scheme will mean company executives are provided with details of individuals suitable for career advancement op...

A social worker is to sue the Government for more than $2.6 million over a failure to pay for her work as an independent advocate for children in court. Lawyers for Tiffanne Thomas have filed a civil action against the Attorney-General and Accountant...

Amendments to increase pension payments are to be debated in the House of Assembly today. The Contributory Pensions (Amendment of Benefits) Order 2018 was designed to increase benefits in line with a rise in the cost of living. The amendments will in...

Lisa Bishop never outgrew her childhood love of fairytale princesses. Ms Bishop said that “princesses and Disney have always been a big part of my life”. But the author’s children’s books, which she will sign tomorrow at the Bookmart in Brown & Co in...

A sickout staged by teaching assistants across the island yesterday was “completely unacceptable”, said the Minister of Education. But the head of the teachers’ union laid the blame for the job action at the minister’s door. The teaching assistants...