Close to $1.5 million has been granted over the past year to organisations working in the community, according to the Bermuda Community Foundation’s (BCF) second annual update.
The BCF was launched in February, 2014, with a mandate “to create an end...
Kim Wilkerson was unveiled yesterday as the Progressive Labour Party’s replacement in the Senate for new MP Diallo Rabain.
Marc Daniels will take over as the Opposition Leader in the Senate. Announcing Senator Wilkerson’s appointment, Marc Bean, the ...
The number of students transferring out of public schools is increasing year-on-year, according to recently released figures.
Transfers of both primary and middle school students have been rising since 2012, said Minister of Education Wayne Scott, in...
DATE: Feb 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Dear Sir,
In 1968, Bermuda emerged with a new constitutional order, which was perhaps groundbreaking given the social political order up to that point. The constitution, as a starting point, may have been useful, but after 359 years of history and a ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
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 ...
The community surrounding Heron Bay Primary School would be negatively affected if the school were to close as proposed in the Bermuda Government’s school reorganisation plan.
This is the view of principal Lisa Swan, who said the school enjoys about ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Union of Teachers has implored education minister Wayne Scott to address “blind spots” in the school reorganisation (Score) report which it says lacks detail on a plan of action.
The union also criticised the minister for releasing the re...
DATE: Feb 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Staff at two Hamilton guesthouses were treated to a random act of kindness yesterday as preschoolers showered them with Valentine cards.
Children from the Bermuda Montessori School visited neighbouring Royal Palms Hotel and Edgehill Guest Manor, bea...
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 ...
A neighbour who says she witnessed an attack by a pitbull on a little boy has rejected claims from the child’s father that bystanders did nothing to help.
The woman said she heard the eight-year-old’s “heart-wrenching screams” on Sunday afternoon and...
DATE: Feb 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways