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...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
February is Black History Month and this year marks the 400th anniversary that blacks were brought to Bermuda as indentured servants. Throughout this month, The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed ...
Exposed live electrical wires, rodents climbing into classrooms, discarded condoms, and play structures that are “an accident waiting to happen”.
These are some of the damning health and safety failings across Bermuda’s public primary schools expose...
DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Members of the St David’s community rallied together last night to object to the potential closure of their primary school.
Parents, staff, former and current students attended St David’s Primary School to discuss the school reorganisation (Score) r...
St David’s Primary School plays a vital role in a close-knit and historically self-contained community that should not be lost, according to former pupils.
Russell Richardson, whose grandfather was former principal Hilton C. Richardson, described the...
Close to $1.5 million has been granted over the past year to organisations working in the community, according to the Bermuda Community Foundation’s (BCF) second annual update.
The BCF was launched in February, 2014, with a mandate “to create an end...
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...
DATE: Feb 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Dear Sir,
In 1968, Bermuda emerged with a new constitutional order, which was perhaps groundbreaking given the social political order up to that point. The constitution, as a starting point, may have been useful, but after 359 years of history and a ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
February is Black History Month and this year marks the 400th anniversary that blacks were brought to Bermuda as indentured servants. Throughout this month, The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed ...
