The number of extended suspensions for unruly schoolchildren is on a steady decline, but objections against the disciplinary measure for serious violations against the Ministry of Education?s Code of Conduct are rising.
Education Minister Terry Liste...
Parents will have to follow a new set of rules put forward by Government in the House of Assembly yesterday, proposing to stamp out profanity and bad behaviour in the Island's public school system.
Under the rules, parents will have to attend at leas...
Auditor General Larry Dennis has confirmed that Bermuda College chairman Raymond Tannock signed away Stonington hotel to Coco Reef bosses without consulting the board.
And he said it could make the validity of the lease subject to a legal challenge.
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Parliament was the scene of high drama yesterday with angry exchanges between the Opposition's Trevor Moniz and House Speaker Stanley Lowe during question time.
Tension began when Mr. Lowe refused to allow Mr. Moniz to ask Health Minister Patrice Min...
Government is cracking down on delinquent parents with new school support rules that could see parents dragged into court if they do not pull their weight.
The legislation is not intended to create ?parental criminals?, Education Minister Terry Liste...
Opposition leader Grant Gibbons has claimed the Bermuda College board were kept in the dark over the controversial deal to let Coco Reef take over Stonington Beach Hotel.
He said it was signed by College chairman Raymond Tannock and one other board m...
THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) is understood to be investigating former Progressive Labour Party Senator Calvin Smith's recent comments regarding white Bermudians and the role they must play if the Government moves towards Independence.
Disturbed ...
WHEN members of the local news media have a question, Beverle Lottimore is the woman to go to for an answer. For the past 11 months, Ms Lottimore has served as the Director at the Department of Communication and Information.
Her role as mouthpiece fo...
Five arrested in post-Harbour night fracas outside City Hall
Five men including a juvenile were arrested during a disturbance outside of the City Hall on Church Street on Wednesday night after the close of Harbour Nights.
About 100 youths were report...
Government whip Ottiwell Simmons MP said four orders of the day will be debated in the House of Assembly today.
Only one bill will read. The "consideration of draft Regulations entitled "National Pension Scheme (General) Amendment Regulations 2004" w...
