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Vaccination against the coronavirus today opened to all residents over the age of 16. Kim Wilson, the health minister, told the House of Assembly that the Government’s vaccination campaign was “our best chance of moving beyond the pandemic”. She said...

The first step in the biggest change in decades in Bermuda’s public education system has been approved by MPs. Senior level “signature schools” required to offer one or more “signature learning programmes” will be introduced under the changes. Diallo...

The Government yesterday proposed a law to outlaw “revenge porn” – the use of social media to spread intimate sexual images. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, said the practice was “a new form of technology-facilitated abuse” which humiliated...

Let's summarise the viewpoints of our dear senators and explore their arguments. The below quotes have been attributed to the senators by The Royal Gazette. Joan Dillas-Wright (President of the Senate): “I have a major concern about our youn...

People convicted of minor drug offences can now have their convictions expunged, the Attorney-General said yesterday. But Kathy Lynn Simmons warned that offenders who had their convictions erased may still be blocked from entering the US. Ms Simmons ...

Ground will be broken on a $1 million plus shoreside fish processing plant this year, the Premier said last night. David Burt told the House of Assembly a $1.07 million grant was included in the budget for the Cabinet Office for the centre at Margina...

More than $350 million in unpaid taxes and fees is owed to the Government, the Minister of Finance revealed yesterday. Curtis Dickinson warned that almost half the cash would probably never be collected. He was responding to questions from Opposition...

Motorists will have to obtain a medical certificate proving they are fit to drive every time they renew their licence under legislation passed in the House of Assembly tonight. But the age at which seniors have to take a re-test as been raised from ...

Dear Sir, I have serious concerns about the statements made by two government ministers and a government member of the Senate. The article on Page 1 of The Royal Gazette on March 5, 2021 highlights comments purported to have been made by Kathy Lynn S...

A pioneering project to end “period poverty” for women and girls was launched yesterday as part of International Women’s Day. Tylasha DeSilva, a student at Bermuda College, unveiled the We BLead Bermuda project to give feminine hygiene products to wo...

Legislation to create signature schools and axe middle schools was tabled yesterday in the House of Assembly. MPs were told the new-style schools will have “signature learning programmes” added to the normal curriculum. Diallo Rabain, the education m...

The Government and Opposition sparred into last night over the Budget for the coming fiscal year and the island’s way to economic recovery out of the pandemic. It came after Cole Simons, the Opposition leader, gave the Reply to the Budget in the Hous...