An amended version of a proposed tax on sugar won cross-party support in the House of Assembly yesterday.
But Opposition MPs questioned if an extra charge on sugar-laden products would drive people to make healthier choices.
Susan Jackson, the shado...
The Queen’s Birthday Honours list has been announced.
Awardees for the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and British Empire Medal:
• Flora Duffy OBE — for services to sport in Bermuda;
• Major Ben Beasley BEM — for services to...
DATE: Jun 09, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Legislators are scheduled to debate two tax Bills in Parliament today.
The “sugar tax” on sweetened foods and beverages will go before MPs, along with a Bill to tax Airbnb-style vacation properties at 4.5 per cent on rentals.
The session will also se...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
One step forward, two steps backward.
Push, pull.
Accusation, counter-accusation.
Punch, counterpunch.
Just when we think we’re getting somewhere, actually we’re not.
This entire mess over Bermuda’s political leaders tearing strips out of the country...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
Steam education will be implemented at primary schools across the island, education minister Diallo Rabain said.
Mr Rabain said children would benefit academically and behaviourally through the Steam method, which focuses on a collaborative approach ...
The Healthy Schools Awards ceremony put on by the Department of Health at The Bermuda Society of Arts, City Hall, this week honoured schools which consistently promote health to its students and staff.
Schools targeted five specified categories of h...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Press Release
The president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers conceded his union was to blame for a lack of meetings with the Ministry of Education.
Shannon James said yesterday that the BUT had met with Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education and Workforce Develo...
As part of Somersfield Academy’s Montessori cultural curriculum, the students in Ms Osborne and Ms Raynor’s class explored the animals, plants, and habitats of the world.
A huge emphasis is made on the interdependence of all living things with attent...
Somersfield Academy was buzzing with activity at their annual What Matters Conference.
The What Matters Conference is a culmination of the P6 students’ interdisciplinary studies.
Each student is tasked with coming up with a well-researched project ab...
So far, all of our charities have been outside of school and would require you to be transported there. Our group decided that it would be useful to volunteer at an after-school club at our school, Somersfield Academy.
This was great for many reasons...
