Bermuda’s strict immigration laws are a drag on the economic regeneration of the Island, an expert said yesterday.
Peter Everson, a business consultant and former Chamber of Commerce spokesman on the economy, said: “Immigration policy and law as they...
DATE: Nov 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermudian initiatives for the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) were launched by the GEW Advisory Committee and aspiring young entrepreneurs, with the support of some 60 sponsors and local officials, during a ceremony at Suite Solutions on Mill Cree...
The Beachfest Emancipation Celebration made a bigger mess than organisers hoped this year, but it still took a step toward becoming a “green” event.
The Chewstick Foundation, Beachfest’s organisers, attempted to make the event environmentally friendl...
DATE: Nov 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
HSBC, in partnership with The Centre on Philanthropy, raised $42,000 in its first Charity Golf Classic fundraiser in an effort to further strengthen and support the Bermuda community.
The tournament was held at the Port Royal Golf Course on October 3...
Groundbreaking for hotel redevelopment at Ariel Sands — plus a pledge for “open and inclusive” government — were among the topics in a post-Throne Speech press conference by Michael Dunkley and his Cabinet this afternoon.
The Premier said there was ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
In the increasingly competitive field of education, Saltus Grammar School recognised the need for world-class professional development for their faculty. Their teachers, both Bermudian and expatriate, needed opportunities to develop their skills thro...
Bermuda’s power firms are to come under the control of the Regulatory Authority in an attempt to boost competition and promote alternative energy sources.
The change was signalled in the Throne Speech, delivered by Governor George Fergusson yesterday...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Government has responded to parents’ calls to be afforded great involvement in education reforms, according to the latest Throne Speech, which promised to give them a Parental Involvement Committee.
The speech said public school staff would move forw...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The Island faces “an economic storm that poses a grim threat to Bermuda’s way of life”, Governor George Fergusson told a packed Senate chamber yesterday, in a speech replete with references to job growth and reining in the public purse.
However, the ...
The overbearing atmosphere caused by the thundery weather was not reflected in the opening of Parliament yesterday morning as Ministers shared lighthearted jokes and banter.
Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister of Health, was one of the first to arrive i...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
