There are almost 3,000 fewer jobs on the island than a year ago, the Premier said yesterday.
But David Burt predicted last Friday’s Budget laid the foundations for an economic recovery that would diversify the economy and get Bermudians back to work....
The House of Assembly on February 19 passed the Progressive Labour Party’s new Cannabis Licensing Bill, which now heads to Senate for debate tomorrow. Let me offer a few thoughts…
The reason for the One Bermuda Alliance’s opposition to the Bill is t...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Scott Pearman
Pupils at a private school learnt crucial life skills as part of a virtual etiquette conference.
A total of seven pupils and two teachers from Chatmore British International School, along with students from Switzerland, America and Gibraltar, partic...
DATE: Mar 01, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
SailGP Inspire, the global league’s community, education and outreach initiative, will relaunch in Bermuda at the opening event of SailGP Season 2 with an increased focus on inclusivity and diversity.
Launched in 2019 and building on the success of ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sailing | AUTHOR: Sam Murley
States have taken wildly different approaches to vaccine distribution, but one thing unites them: many of their most at-risk residents, particularly in communities of colour, are being left behind. In Connecticut, which boasts one of the best coverag...
In the year 10,000BC Black people led the way, creating tools, domesticating animals and exploring the science, art and cultivation of plants.
It is where Melodye Micere Van Putten decided to begin the history lesson she created as part of her gradua...
DATE: Mar 01, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts & Entertainment |
Government spending will top the $1 billion mark in the next financial year, the Minister of Finance revealed yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said that estimated revenue for the year was $998.8 million and that a Budget deficit of $124.5 million would be...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
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 ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The maintenance of school buildings must get better, the shadow education minister said yesterday.
Ben Smith warned that renovated schools would deteriorate fast if work was neglected.
Mr Smith said: “We have a lot of buildings that are old – it’s ab...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
A “project management team” is to be created to help boost the economy, the finance minister announced yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said during his 2021-22 Budget statement that a list of 30 policy changes and initiatives had been developed to “accele...
