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Mike Charles, the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said that while Bermuda’s public education system is going to need a lot more than a $2 million budget boost to bring it up to par, he was encouraged that funds for the department ...

A $25 million cut in the Bermuda Hospitals Board budget is not expected to affect services for the year ahead, but it will impact investments to improve the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute, general wing facilities and IT systems. Bob Richards, the Mi...

Lower-paid workers will get payroll tax cuts over two years, while big earners will be forced to dig deeper into their pockets. Delivering a 2017-18 Budget yesterday aiming to spread the tax burden more fairly, finance minister Bob Richards also anno...

A female motorcyclist was taken to hospital after a crash on Middle Road, Southampton, this afternoon. The accident happened near the junction with Lighthouse Road at about 2.45pm. Police said the woman, belived to be 19 years old, sustained injuries...

A lack of cuts in spending to the Civil Service in this year’s Budget has proven a bone of contention for the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, with president John Wight asking where was the shared sacrifice. In a statement released last evening, Mr Wigh...

While there is “nothing mysterious” about the delay in rolling out the general services tax, now set for April 2018, Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, conceded that the Bermuda Government had “yet to really define the scope of it”. The proposed ...

An elderly woman struggling to cover the cost of living has given heartfelt thanks after readers of this newspaper came to her aid. Along with the hardship of meeting rising costs while dealing with her husband’s declining health, she described the d...

The palm print of a murder suspect was discovered on the minibus in which Lorenzo Stovell was shot dead, a court heard. Jurors were told yesterday that the print belonging to Zakai Cann was found and “lifted” by crime scene investigators as they exam...

Age Concern yesterday called on the Bermuda Government to address “woefully inadequate” community care facilities for the frail elderly after it emerged the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital was buckling under the strain of a flu outbreak. Hospital b...

Two years ago on his appointment as education minister, Wayne Scott said he planned to stay in the position for the long term and “see the work done”. However, yesterday Michael Dunkley announced that Mr Scott had other interests to fulfil and that t...