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A 25 per cent rise in family cases in the courts and a 30 per cent spike in domestic abuse protection orders over the last year were probably sparked by the Covid pandemic, MPs have been told. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, said there had ...

The Government’s plans for economic recovery over the in the new financial year were branded “aspirational and low on detail” by the One Bermuda Alliance yesterday. Cole Simons, the Leader of the Opposition, said Bermuda’s debt combined with pension ...

Bermuda gained 523 jobs from 2018 to 2019, to a figure of 34,378 working last year. The figures were among the 2020 employment briefs released on Tuesday by Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office. The briefs showed job figures climbing, y...

A drama teacher will be centre stage for the Bermuda Union of Teachers for the whole of the new school year. The BUT executive said that Nishanthi Bailey, who teaches at Dellwood Middle School in Pembroke, had become full-time president of the union....

Thousands of Bermudians left jobless by the Covid-19 pandemic will be targeted in a series of back-to-work programmes, the labour minister has vowed. Jason Hayward said a three-pronged strategy of unemployment reduction, prevention of future unemploy...

A hush fell on the House of Assembly yesterday as all eyes turned to Curtis Dickinson when he rose to deliver his first Budget. Mr Dickinson, who took the finance portfolio in November 2018, acknowledged the milestone. He told MPs that he represented...

The Bermuda Government’s impending court case against the members of the Bermuda Trade Union Congress has been protested by an overseas group. The Government is seeking an injunction against what it charges are unlawful industrial actions, in the aft...

Union leaders and supporters continued their protest on the grounds of Cabinet last night as their dispute with Government, over furloughs for public service employees, broadened significantly. Although two days of meetings and marches have disrupted...

Black Bermudians with the same academic qualifications as their white counterparts are still earning significantly less, according to Census statistics. Median annual income for black residents holding a bachelor’s degree was $80,640 in 2010 — compar...

The training overseas of 17 Bermudian men as drywall mechanics was announced by Economy Minister Patrice Minors, as “an initiative deserving of public recognition”. Ms Minors said Government had “come under increasing criticism of late from some sect...