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Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has told MPs how she was “beaten for breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea” by her ex-husband. The Minister of Community, Culture and Sport spoke of her experiences as a young woman during a debate on setting up a joint select com...

The public consultation period regarding the school reorganisation report is set to be extended, according to education minister Wayne Scott. The deadline for parents and other stakeholders to submit responses to the report and recommendations for th...

Young students from Gilbert Institute have presented letters to education minister Wayne Scott asking him not to close their school. Gilbert Institute, the island’s only primary level school for the deaf and hard of hearing, is one of four schools f...

The Bermuda Government has announced that it is to call a referendum on same-sex marriage and civil unions. Michael Dunkley, the Premier, called a press conference this morning, accompanied by Patricia Gordon Pamplin, Minister for Community, Culture ...

The budget for the Ministry of Education has been reduced by $2.23 million for the financial year ahead. Projected spending on education for 2016 to 2017 is $124.9 million, less than the forecast for the previous year according to the 2016 budget del...

Bob Richards yesterday spelt out the danger to the country of failing to tackle the Government’s debt mountain, while announcing an annual budget that will add to it. The finance minister said the debt burden “undermines our ability to support the ne...

Sources within the One Bermuda Alliance fear that the party is on the brink of “political suicide” over its apparent disconnect with ordinary Bermudians. Longstanding frustrations after the party’s sizeable defeat in the Devonshire North Central by-e...

An increase in tax revenue to help tackle the national debt could be included in the upcoming Budget, according to economist and lecturer Craig Simmons. While Mr Simmons said that the island’s economic recovery does appear to be gaining momentum in s...

Kim Wilkerson was unveiled yesterday as the Progressive Labour Party’s replacement in the Senate for new MP Diallo Rabain. Marc Daniels will take over as the Opposition Leader in the Senate. Announcing Senator Wilkerson’s appointment, Marc Bean, the ...

The number of students transferring out of public schools is increasing year-on-year, according to recently released figures. Transfers of both primary and middle school students have been rising since 2012, said Minister of Education Wayne Scott, in...