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A new programme in Bermuda’s schools will help children develop their reading skills. Education minister Diallo Rabain said teachers had been trained on the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum, which has been introduced to preschool, P1 and P2 cla...

A spotlight will be turned on employers who “steal” from their staff by failing to deposit social insurance and pension contributions, the Minister of Finance warned last night. Curtis Dickinson said he wanted to help workers keep better track of the...

The sugar tax, imposed on October 1, 2018, collected $5,402,000 by December 1, 2019. The extra duty on sugary foods and drinks, aimed at reducing diabetes and obesity, was raised to 75 per cent in April last year, with the revenue to be used for heal...

The Government and Opposition have clashed over the management of the economy. Michael Dunkley, an opposition backbencher, told the House the Progressive Labour Party had done little to help struggling businesses since its election in July 2017. Howe...

Officials investigating child abuse allegations have faced obstruction from staff at schools, the House of Assembly heard. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, tabled legislation making failure to comply with orders from the director of the Department...

Bermuda needs more women on government boards, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre said yesterday. Elaine Butterfield said: “It would allow for a more balanced perspective in decision-making in all aspects of community life. Ms Bu...

Progressive Labour Party senator Jason Hayward is the newest Member of Parliament after a huge victory at the polls last night. Mr Hayward, until recently the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, defeated One Bermuda Alliance senator Dwayn...

Voters went to the polls today to decide who will fill the vacant Pembroke Central seat in the House of Assembly. Jason Hayward, a Progressive Labour Party senator, and Dwayne Robinson, a senator for the One Bermuda Alliance, both said this afternoon...

An independent education authority for Bermuda’s schools is under consideration, the House of Assembly heard last Friday. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said the Government was exploring a recommendation made in the Future State Report fro...

The Government is working on suggestions made in a comprehensive proposal for Bermuda’s future and will look further at others, MPs heard. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister, highlighted recommendations made by BermudaFirst in its Future Stat...