Regulations for quarantine of Covid-19 contacts in schools have been changed, the education minister revealed yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said in a letter to senior education staff that vaccinated people who tested positive for the coronavirus would hav...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The Premier yesterday refused to outline which public services would be cut in the Budget axe.
David Burt signalled a “significant amount of reductions in services” in last Friday’s Budget speech.
But Mr Burt, also the finance minister, yesterday avo...
Excitement is building for the return of the popular Skyport Magic Mile this weekend, with 300 runners already signed up for Saturday’s junior races at the Flora Duffy Stadium.
The event, which was not held in 2020 and 2021 because of the Covid-19 p...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022 | CATEGORY: Track & Field | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
Submission rates for Covid-19 antigen testing remain at only 57 per cent for students and 50 per cent for staff in public schools, the Ministry of Education has said.
The ministry urged parents and staff to take up the testing to increase these figu...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
A former teacher and civil servant said it was up to everyone in Bermuda to highlight people who had contributed to the island.
Gary Phillips explained that his own upbringing had left him with no questions about his Black identity, which helped to s...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
In acknowledgement of Black History Month, The Royal Gazette continues the publication of stories throughout February on African-American, Black Bermudian and global African people, events and institutions, and their contributions in history
Alm...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Black History Month
Dear Sir,
In September 2019, my son started at Clearwater Middle School. They were fine up until November 2019, when the staff became disgruntled about not being heard by the Ministry of Education about their concerns about possible asbestos in the b...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
The City of Hamilton is littered with shuttered buildings and other vacated commercial premises, some that once housed thriving businesses.
It is a visual indicator of the island’s economic troubles and a focus as parliamentary budget discussions be...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business | AUTHOR: David Fox, Business Editor
A scholarship honouring Dame Jennifer Smith, the former Premier, was unveiled yesterday at the Progressive Labour Party’s founder’s day celebration.
Dame Jennifer, the PLP’s first Premier, served from the party’s first General Election victory in 199...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
More than $250,000 was donated by a reinsurance company to island charities last year.
A spokeswoman for Athene Life Re said that the firm had made the donations as part of its “ongoing commitment to giving back to the community".
Natasha Scotland Co...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
