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Bermuda’s lack of a minimum wage is causing impoverished residents to “leave in droves”, according to one exasperated waitress. Meanwhile, a healthcare worker said pay freezes in her profession, coupled with the rising cost of living, had created an ...

The Canadian developer of the new $249 million airport has been granted a string of perks, the official contract has revealed. Canadian Crown Corporation and its subcontractor construction firm Aecon — collectively referred to as Project Co — will be...

Bermuda’s Office of the Ombudsman has been in operation for ten years, growing into “one of the most highly regarded in the Commonwealth, at least in the smaller states”. This is the view of Victor Ayeni, the governance specialist who was the keynote...

A crewman on board the training sailboat Spirit of Bermuda was hurt yesterday and the vessel damaged after it was struck by a wave. However, schoolchildren and teachers from the Whitney Institute who were on board were said to be “safe and fine”. Th...

Tyler Butterfield, the Bermuda triathlete, has struck up a new sponsorship deal with running shoe brand On. Co-­founded by fellow endurance athlete Olivier Bernhard, On provides runners with innovative footwear designed to maximise both comfort and s...

New-York based Everest Re executive Sanjoy Mukherjee is to become the new managing director and chief executive officer of the company’s Bermuda operation. Mr Mukherjee, executive vice-president, secretary and general counsel for Everest Re, will rep...

Mike McGavick, the chief executive officer of XL Group plc, will moderate and co-chair several discussions at this week’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. Mr McGavick was due to lead the Insuring the Transforming Risk Landscape this morning in th...

There is nothing like a bit of accountability. A couple of concerned readers approached me this week to ask how my “duck project” is going and if I’m managing to stick to my strict schedule and get it all done. Such is the hazard of publicly announc...

Dear Sir, I am sad, apprehensive and disappointed that the Government has acquiesced and allowed two entrepreneurial young men to open a store selling drones, jet skis, and other products that are new and exciting, but will probably keep the emergenc...

A visitor mauled by a loose dog on the Railway Trail fears the animal could attack again unless dealt with. “My main concern is that I don’t want anyone else, particularly a child, getting bitten,” said Gill Lewis, who received a severe bite to the b...

Matej Vydra bagged a hat-trick as Reading came from two goals down to hammer Huddersfield Town 5-2 in last night’s FA Cup third-round replay. Huddersfield scored twice in the first 15 minutes, through Jamie Paterson and Tommy Smith, and were in compl...

Dear Sir, I am a visitor to Bermuda and last Thursday was walking along the Railway Trail, having just passed The Fairmont Southampton on my way back to Hamilton when I was attacked and badly bitten by a large light-tan dog. I needed treatment and th...