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The cost of financial assistance is expected to drop by about $1.5 million in the next fiscal year. The update came as the 2018-19 Budget earmarked $51.68 million for the programme, down from $53.55 million in 2017-18. Financial assistance has been u...

A commitment to the introduction of roadside breath tests is “a frontline priority”, despite no mention of road safety in the Budget statement. Walter Roban, Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs, said that handheld breathalysers were not high...

Proposals to raise the skyline in Hamilton have been backed by mayor Charles Gosling, but he is disappointed that the city was not consulted on the plan. He said: “It had not been raised in any conversations with our minister. I am disappointed the C...

The survival of the Progressive Labour Party will depend on unity in its ranks, Christopher Famous told its Founders’ Day lunch yesterday. “As a party, as a people, we must be mature enough to discuss and sort out things between ourselves, both behin...

Sharmaine Nusum has not looked back since she stepped into a classroom for the first time. Now, the 45-year-old social studies teacher has been named Outstanding Teacher 2018 by the Bermuda Education Network. Ms Nusum, who teaches M3 at TN Tatem Midd...

A man has appeared in Magistrates’ Court charged with child pornography offences. The Devonshire man, who cannot be identified, was charged with eight counts of accessing child pornography. The court heard that the allegations related to hundreds o...

Bermuda is to open an office in Brussels to protect the island’s interests as Britain prepares to leave the European Union. David Burt, Premier and Minister of Finance, said the office would cut the cost of consultants in Europe. He said in his Budge...

Proposals to merge or close schools should be looked at again before the Government splashes out to repair crumbling buildings, the teachers’ union has said. Mike Charles, secretary-general of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said it would be too expen...

The new once-a-week garbage collection schedule starts today. Dockyard to Church Road, Southampton, including Church Road, will be covered today. Church Road and areas up to and including Cobb’s Hill Road from Harbour Road to South Road in Warwick wi...

Impact Mentoring Academy will this week host an open house for parents and students for the 2018-19 academic year. The all boys school, based out of The Berkeley Institute Cultural and Education Centre, will highlight its school improvement plan at t...