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Progressive Labour Party MPs said they wanted to see an end to petty partisan politics, a return to undisturbed learning for schoolchildren and an even economic and racial playing field. Christopher Famous, the MP for Devonshire East said: “Any poli...

One Bermuda Alliance MPs said they hoped that the year ahead would attract job creators as well as bring a reduction in violent crime and calm to the roads. Jarion Richardson, the Opposition Whip and Shadow Minister of Labour and for the Cabinet Offi...

More schools are set to reopen tomorrow after another day of Covid-19 tests – but the senior schools and several middle schools will stay closed. Tinee Furbert, the acting education minister, said: “We continue to make notable progress with school op...

Just a handful of public schools will open their classrooms today, the Ministry of Education confirmed last night. A spokeswoman said there would be a “staggered opening of schools for term two” – with no middle or senior schools opening as parents a...

Two Bermudians last night described receiving New Year’s Honours as “humbling“ and ”astonishing“. Owen Ellsworth Simons was honoured with a Queen’s Certificate and Badge of Honour for services to music education on the island. Erica Smith, the execut...

Schools will open to in-class learning as planned on January 5 despite safety concerns expressed by the teachers’ union, the Ministry of Education confirmed tonight. The Bermuda Union of Teachers said it is not safe for students and teachers to retur...

Young people aged 10 to 19 are the peak infection group in the island’s latest surge in coronavirus numbers, government figures have revealed. But the average age of people who tested positive for the coronavirus is 30. Kim Wilson, the health ministe...

A civil rights champion and teacher was remembered yesterday for carrying on a family legacy of fighting for social justice as a leading member of the Progressive Group. Marva Phillips taught at primary schools and at what is now Sandys Secondary Mi...

The Government has extended its back to school Covid-19 test schedule for teachers by two days. The move came after the Bermuda Union of Teachers yesterday told its members not to use the Christmas break to get tested or to complete any work-related...

The first Bermudian and first woman principal of the Whitney Institute Middle School was remembered by colleagues as a leader in education during the public school reforms of the 1990s. Gail-Anne Graham also chaired the Committee for Middle School Pr...

The Bermuda International Long-Term Insurers and Reinsurers organisation has gifted 750 copies of a book to all P4 students in 27 schools across the island. The gift is part of the tenth-anniversary celebration for Biltir, which represents 63 long-te...

After half a century of serving Bermuda and the insurance industry, Bermuda’s school for insurance studies is coming to an end. And now a special general meeting has been called for the membership of the Bermuda Insurance Institute to decide the way ...