David Burt, the Premier, spoke to the country last night on the Government’s continued preparations in the growing Covid-19 crisis.
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Good evening everyone
The virus known as Covid-19 or the coronavirus, is having a trem...
DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: News Staff
Public schools will remain open as Bermuda prepares to do battle with Covid-19, the Government announced this afternoon.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Education said that the Government was “taking preventive and protective measures, working cl...
The Emergency Measures Organisation heard today that public schools and Government offices were still open and the docks continued to operate despite the Covid-19 threat.
But members of the public were asked to limit their social lives to cut the pot...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda is too small for signature schools to have a solitary focus, the education minister announced.
Diallo Rabain said the island was “not of the scale” where planned signature, or specialised, schools would be able to concentrate on “one special...
A string of events have been postponed and services closed as a result of the coronavirus.
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DATE: Mar 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: News Staff
An international firm has been selected to help rebuild Bermuda’s public education system, the education minister announced yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said that consultancy Innovation Unit Australia New Zealand had been selected after a request for pr...
A new maths programme will be introduced to raise standards across the island after a successful implementation at a primary school.
Harrington Sound Primary School hired British firm Primal Academic Innovations to bring in a maths intervention progr...
Civil servants were told to cancel “non-essential travel” yesterday, but no ban will be imposed on large public gatherings at present, the Premier announced.
However, David Burt advised people to practise “social distancing” and highlighted that some...
Government is to review how the sugar tax was implemented over concerns that retailers had spread the impact of the tax across other items.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told the House of Assembly: “We need to have a look at this again.
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DATE: Mar 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Registration is now open for an entrepreneurship education course being offered by the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation.
“Entrepreneurship 101” provides new and aspiring entrepreneurs with the knowledge, tools and resources needed to start th...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff