The time is “ripe” to form a mathematics education council, the shadow minister for education said yesterday.
Cole Simons said: “This issue is far too important, and we must get it right.”
On Wednesday, a report showed that public school students h...
As Valentine’s Day is upon us, there tends to be a focus on all things sweet and/or chocolate.
Coincidentally, I just finished reviewing the Consultation document produced by the Government’s Ministry of Health in connection with the proposed sugar ...
David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, today delivered the Budget Statement for 2018-19.
Here are the main highlights:
• “This Budget will ease the burdens for the single mother and the struggling family with a tax cut that will increase th...
The Bermuda National Library and the US Consulate will host a screening of the film Marshall next week in honour of Black History Month.
The US Consulate said the film told the story of Thurgood Marshall as he travelled across the US on behalf of the...
DATE: Feb 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: News Staff
The mother of the victims of a high-risk sex offender was in shock last night after his release was made public without her family being informed.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, learnt of the impending release of Jonathan Jon Cumbe...
DATE: Feb 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Teachers are buying basic school necessities out of their own pockets, according to the Bermuda Union of Teachers.
Union president Shannon James called for more help in the Progressive Labour Party’s first Budget since it returned to power, which wil...
Restrictions are invisible to Jahday Ford — he thrives without boundaries.
The 23-year-old moved to Manchester, England, in 2011 with his mother to develop his burgeoning football career.
It’s a decision he’s thankful for because it helped him reali...
More than 600 lionfish were speared last month as hunters dived into the fourth annual Winter Lionfish Derby.
Organiser Corey Eddy, who published a PhD thesis on lionfish in Bermuda, said that while the number of hunters doubled since last year, the ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Only a quarter of middle school students are attaining a target set for maths by the Department of Education, a new report has revealed.
The data shows that Middle 3 and Primary 6 students are well behind the average score of their peers in the subj...
Copies of Florenz Maxwell’s book about the Theatre Boycott will now be available in all public school libraries.
Mrs Maxwell, a member of the Progressive Group that organised the boycott of 1959, delivered copies of Girlcott to the Ministry of Educat...
