The Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly led tributes yesterday to civil rights hero Eva Hodgson.
Derrick Burgess told MPs during a virtual sitting that Dr Hodgson, who died last week, “loved her family and will be deeply missed”.
He said: “Since ...
Most Bermudians will have been riveted to the tragedy unfolding in the United States since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
His death has been rightly condemned throughout the US — if smartphones have one virtue, it is that it makes this kin...
DATE: Jun 05, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
Backbench MP Jason Hayward was sworn in yesterday as the Minister of Labour as part of a surprise Cabinet reshuffle by the Premier.
Mr Hayward will take over responsibility for immigration, financial assistance and workforce development, earlier spli...
DATE: Jun 05, 2020 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The murder of George Floyd triggered widespread outcry in the United States, internationally and at home in Bermuda. And so it should.
While we sit 700 miles apart across an ocean, the underpinnings of the social and racial injustice that exist in t...
Bermuda will move to the third phase of relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions on Thursday, it was announced last night, but public schools will stay shut until September.
David Burt, the Premier, said the final details of the next stage of a return to ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
The appointment process for the Commissioner of Education post was “fatally flawed”, a lawyer claimed this week.
Mark Diel, who represented veteran teacher and education administrator Gina Tucker, told the Court of Appeal on Wednesday that the Board ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2020 | CATEGORY: Court | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students will be able to catch up on education they missed during lockdown with an online summer learning plan.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, gave details of the programme in a ministerial statement at the House of Assembly today.
Mr Rabain ...
Dear Sir,
Great tributes have been written about Eva Hodgson in the past few days by Meredith Ebbin, Rolfe Commissiong, Dawn Simmons and Leah Scott. All true and well deserved.
I knew Dr Hodgson through my late husband, John Stubbs. He and Dr Hodgson...
DATE: Jun 04, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
On a global scale, countries implemented lockdown or “shelter-in-place” policies, consigning millions of people to their homes and shutting down businesses of all kinds. The fear of contracting Covid-19 pervaded the atmosphere, from the fear of being...
A review on why no women serve in some of the leading ranks in the Royal Bermuda Regiment will be undertaken, its new Commanding Officer pledged yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ben Beasley pledged that the regiment would conduct an analysis to find th...
