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A new programme in Bermuda’s schools will help children develop their reading skills. Education minister Diallo Rabain said teachers had been trained on the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum, which has been introduced to preschool, P1 and P2 cla...

Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Ministry of Public Works, delivered a ministerial statement about the Government’s partnership with Belco on co-ordinated road trenching. • To read Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch’s ministerial statement in full, cl...

Many seniors have fears about their financial security, Bermuda’s newest senator said yesterday. Ianthia Simmons-Wade explained that older island residents were worried that they may not be able to live off their savings and pensions with a rising c...

The sugar tax, imposed on October 1, 2018, collected $5,402,000 by December 1, 2019. The extra duty on sugary foods and drinks, aimed at reducing diabetes and obesity, was raised to 75 per cent in April last year, with the revenue to be used for heal...

The turn of a decade is often the occasion when pundits look back on the successes and failures of the previous ten years and look ahead to the future. There always will be pedants who insist that the new decade does not start until 2021, and others...

New legislation to allow the sharing of data on food prices will help the Progressive Labour Party deliver on its pledge to lower the cost of living, the Minister for the Cabinet Office claimed. Wayne Furbert said the Government would be able to prov...

Somers Day is to be renamed Mary Prince Day after a once enslaved Bermudian who became a hero of the abolitionist movement in Britain. The legislation, which was tabled yesterday, will also move the Bermuda Day holiday from the last Friday in May to ...

A group designed to boost business development was announced in the House of Assembly yesterday. David Burt, the Premier, told MPs that Cabinet has approved the creation of an Economic Development Department. Mr Burt said: “Bermuda is at an economic ...

A statistician and antiracism campaigner has been appointed as chairman of a group which will pave the way for a living wage in Bermuda. Cordell Riley will lead the wage commission, community minister Lovitta Foggo announced in the House yesterday. M...

Legislation covering Bermuda for the UK’s departure from the European Union will go before legislators as MPs return to the House of Assembly today. David Burt, the Premier, will table the EU Withdrawal Act 2020, switching references to the EU with “...

No cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Bermuda, the Minister of Health confirmed this morning. Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly the Ministry’s Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit is in regular conversation with international bodies and...

Renovations at Sessions House continue in efforts to have the home of the legislature ready for the 400th anniversary of Parliament this year. Government said last September that the work included the replacement of windows as well as “health and saf...