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Legislation to revamp the financial assistance system is in the pipeline, the Minister of Labour announced yesterday. Jason Hayward said that the changes, if approved by the next government, would help give assistance to people who needed it and assi...

A reduction in taxation levels is needed if the economy is to recover, the leader of the island’s newest political force said this week. Marc Bean, of the Free Democratic Movement, said his party’s action plan for kick-starting the economy included t...

A man jailed for credit card fraud was released from prison yesterday — months after his sentence had ended. The Supreme Court heard that Tiberiu Gavrila, 46, would be free until he could be deported back to his homeland of Romania. Mr Gavrila said: ...

Cross-party election candidates featured at a youth forum have backed a debate among party leaders in the run-up to the General Election. Would-be MPs who took part in a virtual forum organised by youth group Bermuda Youth Connect said a debate befor...

An historic entertainment venue that attracted world-class entertainers to the island is being razed to the ground. The Clayhouse Inn on North Shore, Devonshire, deteriorated after it was damaged in a 2002 fire and will soon be levelled. But people ...

The economy should be a top priority in the General Election, residents and business owners in St George said. Some said that it did not matter which party won the contest, as long as the country’s financial crisis was tackled. Geza Wolf, a partner ...

American music promoter Anthony Blakey was allowed an “initial rent-free period” in a government-owned property at Dockyard after he proposed setting up a recording studio there. Andrew Dias, the general manager of the West End Development Corporatio...

Staff thrown out of work by the closure of the Fairmont Southampton hotel will be helped to find jobs elsewhere, the labour minister promised yesterday. Jason Hayward said the news, announced on Wednesday, was “yet another blow to an already challeng...

A former top nurse appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 20 years ago for her contribution to healthcare has died. Jacqueline Lightbourne, the island’s first Chief Nursing Officer, was 84. Ms Lightbourne started at the ...

Social Justice Bermuda (SJB) is a collective of Bermudians who are inspired by the global Black Lives Matter Movement and the way that communities around the world are standing together to tackle and dismantle oppressive systems of injustice and raci...