Bermuda seems to be in the early stages of an economic recovery, according to Minister of Finance Bob Richards.
“There seems to a nascent, fragile embryonic recovery in Bermuda,” Mr Richards told hundreds of business people gathered at the The Fairmo...
The Civil Service must be cut after the coming fiscal year, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned as he outlined the advantages of mutualisation or privatisation.
Staff layoffs will be inevitable unless “non-core functions” are outsourced after 2014/1...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Economy | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
The Civil Service must be cut after the coming fiscal year, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned as he outlined the advantages of mutualisation or privatisation.
Staff lay-offs will be inevitable unless “non-core functions” are outsourced after 2014/...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
The starkly different accounts of conversations held between Premier Craig Cannonier and Opposition Marc Bean last September amount to a case of “he said, she said”, Mr Cannonier told The Royal Gazette last night.
Asked if he had confided to Mr Bean ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Global financial services firm KPMG has paid $8.2 million to settle a US finance industry watchdog’s allegations that it broke rules designed to keep auditors from getting too close to their clients.
Now the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) h...
DATE: Feb 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: International Business | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
‘It is believed that Bermuda is of as great importance in the Atlantic as Pearl Harbor is in the Pacific. — Captain Jules James US Navy, 30 June 1943
The independence of ...
My big girl just turned six and we celebrated with a trip to La Trattoria.
The usual happy madness ensued, complete with a few flying drinks and washroom adventures.
As always the staff were amazing. I do wonder if the manager medicates his team befo...
Ten of Bermuda’s most influential women and a promising athlete were all honoured at the annual CableVision ‘Salute to Service’ banquet on Saturday evening.
Former Premiers Dame Pamela Gordon Banks, Dame Jennifer Smith and Paula Cox were also acknowl...
Lawyer Victoria Pearman has been appointed the next Ombudsman, replacing Ms Arlene Brock whose term of office finishes at the of this month.
Ms Pearman said yesterday that she was humbled by the appointment, and fully committed to the task at hand.
“...
DATE: Jan 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Andrew Faries, a popular Special Olympian and counsellor for the disabled, has died at the age of 24.
Known across the community as Hottwheels, Mr Faries’s specially adapted motorbike was a familiar sight on local roads. Although he used a wheelchair...
DATE: Dec 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
