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The Ministry of Health’s overarching theme for the year ahead is a continued battle against the rise in obesity and diabetes. Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, presented a comprehensive breakdown of her health budget during a late session in ...

Parents, teachers and other members of the public have been given more time to lodge their complaints over the possible closure of four of the island’s primary schools. Wayne Scott, Minister of Education, said this morning that he had extended the sc...

Pathways to Status immigration legislation is set to be tabled in the House of Assembly today, according to Michael Fahy. The controversial legislation, which has sparked multiple protests since it was first announced last month, would create new pat...

The size of classrooms and a lack of funding for public primary schools are among the Bermuda Government’s most serious concerns, according to the school reorganisation (Score) report. The report, commissioned by Wayne Scott, the Minister for Educat...

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...

Artist impressions of the residential block that is expected to replace the old Queen of the East merchant house in Hamilton have been put online. The images appear on a new website called Residences at Queen of the East that also provides detailed i...

Many of Bermuda’s public school buildings are “worse than Third World” and the Bermuda Government should focus on fixing them rather than closing or consolidating schools, according to the leader of a teachers’ union. Mike Charles, general secretary ...

Minister of Education Wayne Scott has received the final report of the SCORE Advisory Committee on school reorganisation. The report was commissioned to examine school consolidation or closure, improve the quality and consistency of primary school pr...

The Corporation of Hamilton could reach an agreement with a lending institution “within days” to satisfy its $18 million debt over the Par-la-Ville hotel debacle, according to Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs. Senator Fahy said that the cit...

Michael Dunkley was quizzed yesterday about conscription, same-sex marriage and the size of the Civil Service during an online chat with readers of The Royal Gazette. The Premier spent 50 minutes at his computer at the Cabinet Office answering questi...

Both parties labelled the Par-la-Ville hotel loan guarantee a “travesty” last night as they debated amendments to increase the Corporation of Hamilton’s borrowing limit. However, the Bermuda Government and Opposition took shots at each other during t...

The Tobacco Control Act 2015 passed in the House of Assembly yesterday after a series of amendments. The Act had been tabled with the aim of improving Bermuda’s overall health and preventing children from taking up smoking, but became the subject of ...