Sources within the One Bermuda Alliance fear that the party is on the brink of “political suicide” over its apparent disconnect with ordinary Bermudians.
Longstanding frustrations after the party’s sizeable defeat in the Devonshire North Central by-e...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
James Collieson, the former Bermuda Davis Cup player, has achieved the International Tennis Association’s Certified Performance Specialist designation.
Collieson had to complete a competency-based educational curriculum, which ensures individuals who...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Tennis-Squash | AUTHOR: Stephen Wright
Bermuda’s nature at its best was presented to more than 200 children, teachers, camp leaders and parents when they took part in the annual Children’s Nature Walk at Spittal Pond yesterday.
Groups of children, led by guides made up of National Trust s...
Approximately 9,000 people (12 per cent) living in Bermuda have asthma.
It is the number one reason children take medication whilst at school, and the number one reason they miss school. It’s also the leading reason adults miss days from work.
Resp...
A reduction of staffing levels at schools and within the civil service cannot be ruled out as efficiencies are sought within the Department of Education.
This is according to education Minister Wayne Scott who said he was confident any such reductio...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
An increase in tax revenue to help tackle the national debt could be included in the upcoming Budget, according to economist and lecturer Craig Simmons.
While Mr Simmons said that the island’s economic recovery does appear to be gaining momentum in s...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
February is Black History Month and this year marks the 400th anniversary that blacks were brought to Bermuda as indentured servants. Throughout this month, The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed ...
Exposed live electrical wires, rodents climbing into classrooms, discarded condoms, and play structures that are “an accident waiting to happen”.
These are some of the damning health and safety failings across Bermuda’s public primary schools expose...
DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Members of the St David’s community rallied together last night to object to the potential closure of their primary school.
Parents, staff, former and current students attended St David’s Primary School to discuss the school reorganisation (Score) r...
St David’s Primary School plays a vital role in a close-knit and historically self-contained community that should not be lost, according to former pupils.
Russell Richardson, whose grandfather was former principal Hilton C. Richardson, described the...
