A middle school and two companies have closed their doors temporarily after staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.
A private school has also closed for a period after a potential exposure to the bug.
The Government also announced that all...
DATE: Nov 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Netball Association has delayed the start of the Winter League season “out of an abundance of caution” after a member of staff at a middle school tested positive for the coronavirus.
The season was scheduled to commence today at Bernard P...
DATE: Nov 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sport | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
The delivery of $580,000 worth of hi-tech Chromebooks for high school pupils has been delayed for five months because of a Chinese trade embargo imposed by US President Donald Trump, the education minister revealed today.
Diallo Rabain told the House...
DATE: Nov 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: News | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bill to give a 262-year lease to the developers and managers of the former St George’s Club property is expected to be among the matters up for debate when the House of Assembly reconvenes today.
The St George’s Club Act 2020, which, if passed, wil...
A proposed education authority must be free from government influence, a newly appointed independent senator said yesterday.
Speaking during the Senate debate on the Throne Speech, John Wight said: “I am pleased to see the creation of an education a...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
My earliest months of life were spent in a cotton sack, dragged along by my parents as they picked cotton in the fields of the large East Texas plantation where they toiled as sharecroppers in the 1940s. I learnt from them that my life would continue...
Two more coronavirus cases have been identified and, separately, children from a fourth school were told to quarantine, it emerged yesterday.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said that the Primary 5 class of West End Primary was asked to sta...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
An Opposition senator questioned how many Bermuda College students on government scholarships had graduated.
Marcus Jones, the Opposition Senate Leader, yesterday quizzed Owen Darrell, senator and Junior Minister for the Cabinet Office, Education, an...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Age Concern has appointed five new directors to its board and has also added two new executives to its management team.
The charity, which provides support to senior citizens and those approaching retirement while also advocating for the elderly, sa...
The City of Hamilton put the finishing touches to its traditional Christmas tree yesterday – with some help from youngsters from an autism education centre.
Kingsley Ming, a pupil at autism services centre Tomorrow’s Voices, was invited to help place...
