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Parents yesterday appealed to Government to trust them to carry out at home antigen tests on children instead of a lab test before they returned to school. A spokeswoman for pressure group Us For Them Bermuda, a group of parents opposed to many of th...

Dear Sir, The negative narrative surrounding schools and Covid-19 must change. The Royal Gazette has been complicit in this throughout the pandemic, sensationalising school cases or closures, advocating for Covid “measures” that involve children, and...

In September 2021, the One Bermuda Alliance praised the Minister of Education for making in-person learning a priority. The world has seen the impact that Covid has had on children, and there is consensus that in-person learning is critical to the de...

The Government failed to listen to the profession before the “massively botched” reopening of the island’s public schools, the Bermuda Union of Teachers said yesterday. Nishanthi Bailey, the BUT president, said teachers had been “bullied” by the educ...

Parents and guardians can now register to attend virtual open houses for preschools, primary schools and middle schools, the Department of Education has announced. The events will take place via Zoom and attendees must sign up by midnight before the...

Bermuda has passed its original 70 per cent herd immunity target for vaccinations, the latest Government figures have revealed. The Government website showed 70.2 per cent of the population had received two shots and 16.8 per cent had received a boos...

A playground slide, ultimately, pushed me to start looking for appointments. My family had been walking by a playground not far from our house when an unexpected sighting of friends caused my nine-year-old son to jump into a game of tag. The laughter...

A fresh bid to save a historic primary school earmarked for closure will be mounted tomorrow. Campaigners battling to retain West End Primary School in Sandys will stage a protest at Nellie’s Walk on Hamilton’s Church Street, close to City Hall, from...

A total of three schools opened yesterday, the Government said last night. A spokeswoman added that two more were expected to open today. Warwick Preschool, Victor Scott Primary in Pembroke and East End Primary in St George reopened yesterday. Elliot...

Dear Sir, Our children are our future and we must ensure they are getting a proper education, which is best done in school. We need our children to be in-person learning without the fear of a blanket 14-day quarantine. Today I am writing to seek cla...

It was a heartbreaking tweet – 74 words that summarised the lives of many young children around the island. “Covid started when Tau was 3, he is 5. He’s never experienced playing on the school field with other classes, sports day, he doesn’t even kno...

A new pressure group yesterday questioned Covid public safety policies that affect schoolchildren – including an insistence on masks in classrooms. Us For Them Bermuda was set up last week to give children “a voice” and ensure that “their interests a...