No record was kept of how many schooldays children in the public education system have missed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The Department of Education admitted that it did not hold the statistics after a pub...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
An island in Harrington Sound has been transformed into a living classroom for Bermuda’s students with the support of the LOM Financial Group.
The investment firm has donated $50,000 to the Bermuda Zoological Society over the past five years to suppo...
DATE: Mar 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda is heading for a full-blooded constitutional crisis. The Cannabis Licensing Act was passed for a second time by the House of Assembly on Friday, and was tabled in the Senate on Monday.
However, that tabling is a simple procedural matter. Hav...
DATE: Mar 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
A parent has challenged the education minister over the need for schoolchildren to be tested for Covid-19 before they can be taught in a classroom.
Peter Sanderson, the lawyer for the man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the Supreme ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Court | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
A former science adviser to the Government said she was “drained” from tension that arose during planning for the return of public schools after Christmas.
Carika Weldon told Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, that she wanted to speak on behal...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
An official suffered verbal abuse from some parents when children were being screened to attend schools, a testing coordinator told senior civil servants.
Tarik Bean-Darrell urged the Department of Education to address the problem when it emerged las...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
A multimillion-dollar fundraising drive has been launched to revive and renovate the National Museum of Bermuda.
It is hoped that The Future of History Campaign will attract at least $8.5 million to support education programmes, development projects ...
Campaigners will raise awareness about coercive control in relationships at two panel talks within the next two weeks.
The Women’s Resource Centre has invited residents to a virtual discussion about relationships on Thursday and speakers from the UK ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
The annual rate of inflation declined slightly in December as a drop in fuel prices compared to November pushed down prices in the transport and foreign travel sector.
Also falling by marginal amounts were the tobacco and liquor sector of the Consum...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
An organisation set up to promote racial equality in the world of big business has held its first live networking event.
More than 150 Black professionals attended the Association for Corporate Racial Equity event at Barr’s Bay Park on Pitt’s Bay Roa...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
