Several schools are set to reopen their classrooms to pupils today, but most of the island’s middle schools and senior schools will stay shut.
The Department of Education said Victor Scott Preschool would resume classes today, which left St David’s P...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce is to present the lunch-and-learn webinar “Change — How to Turn Uncertainty into Opportunity” in partnership with FranklinCovey Bermuda.
The webinar will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, January 26, from noon until 1pm.
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DATE: Jan 07, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
Ten Belco employees have successfully completed a course in fibre optics.
The five-day Certified Fibre Optic Training course involved both theoretical and practical sessions. Key learning objectives included understanding fibre and cable construction...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
Staff shortages at the Government’s coronavirus test centre was yesterday blamed for delays that halted much of the scheduled return to school and left the airport in “chaos”, The Royal Gazette understands.
The log jam for test results out meant just...
If the experience of other countries is anything to go by, the greatest threat from the Omicron variant is not that it will cause serious symptoms and widespread death, but that its rapid transmission will paralyse everything from hospitals to shops ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2022 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
The way ministers handled a last minute decision to abandon plans for a full scale return to the classroom was last night attacked by the One Bermuda Alliance.
Susan Jackson, the shadow education minister, said parents and families had been suffered ...
Progressive Labour Party MPs said they wanted to see an end to petty partisan politics, a return to undisturbed learning for schoolchildren and an even economic and racial playing field.
Christopher Famous, the MP for Devonshire East said: “Any poli...
DATE: Jan 06, 2022 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
One Bermuda Alliance MPs said they hoped that the year ahead would attract job creators as well as bring a reduction in violent crime and calm to the roads.
Jarion Richardson, the Opposition Whip and Shadow Minister of Labour and for the Cabinet Offi...
DATE: Jan 06, 2022 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
More schools are set to reopen tomorrow after another day of Covid-19 tests – but the senior schools and several middle schools will stay closed.
Tinee Furbert, the acting education minister, said: “We continue to make notable progress with school op...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Just a handful of public schools will open their classrooms today, the Ministry of Education confirmed last night.
A spokeswoman said there would be a “staggered opening of schools for term two” – with no middle or senior schools opening as parents a...
