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The Budget showed the Government had listened to hoteliers’ fears over rising land taxes, the Bermuda Hotel Association said yesterday. Stephen Todd, CEO of the BHA, said hoteliers were pleased that Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, confirmed t...

Community workers want to know more about government funding of crime-fighting programmes, an activist said yesterday. Desmond Crockwell, chief editor of anti-violence magazine Visionz, said people involved in intervention programmes would like to kn...

A $300,000 grant to help poorer students study at Bermuda College will continue into the next fiscal year. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said the Paget college was “a key stakeholder in the economic growth and development of our island”...

Almost half-a-million dollars will go towards the introduction of a new pupil grading system, the finance minister announced yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said that $473,000 would be used “to continue the implementation of a standards-based grading sys...

The Bermuda Government is to suspend payments into the sinking fund, a home for money set aside to pay down long-term debt. In his maiden Budget Statement yesterday, Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said it did not make financial sense to b...

A plan to hire a PR agency to help the Government’s workforce development department boost its image has been dropped. Businesses were asked to submit tenders last October for a campaign designed to generate a better image for the service. A governme...

Bermuda’s public school system is past fixing, the president of a primary school parent-teacher association warned yesterday. Danielle Riviere, the president of the West Pembroke Primary School Parent Teacher Association, said that it was time that ...

A “matchmaking” service for jobseekers will lead to a higher standard of training and better employees, the Government said yesterday. The scheme will mean company executives are provided with details of individuals suitable for career advancement op...

Building firm leaders should develop fresh talent and take control of their industry before others do, a construction company chief said yesterday. Charles Dunstan said he wanted to see the creation of “industry-driven” occupational advisory committe...

Public relations experts are to spearhead a charm offensive designed to boost the image of the Department of Workforce Development. Businesses have been asked to submit tenders for a campaign designed to generate a better image of the department. Tar...