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Controversial rules on union decertification will not be amended – despite increased pressure from trade unionists, ministers insisted yesterday. Walter Roban, the Acting Premier, and Jason Hayward, the labour minister Jason Hayward – supported by se...

Plans to introduce fees for single-use plastics in the run-up to an outright ban could be scrapped, a policy paper has warned. The paper said that the Government had earlier pledged to introduce a charge for single-use plastics but the 2020 deadline ...

Warwick thrashed Cleveland by nine wickets at Southampton Oval at the weekend to remain in pole position in the First Division Twenty20 standings. The hosts restricted Cleveland to 145 for six after sending them to bat before replying with 146 for on...

Workers who took part in industrial action yesterday backed more demonstrations against a controversial piece of labour legislation. Stephen Page, who works for the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, said: “I’m not a part of the union – but I’m a par...

Bus and ferry services ground to a halt yesterday after a strike over procedures for union decertification votes. A Government spokeswoman said Bermuda Industrial Union workers in several departments downed tools. She added that landscaping work at ...

A senior official at a trade union is to sue after he claimed he was fired against its rules. George Scott, an executive officer at the Bermuda Industrial Union for 18 years, launched the action through law firm Wakefield Quin. Mr Scott said earlier ...

Tropical Storm Kate is forecast to pass well east of the island as the 2021 hurricane season heats up. TS Kate, named on Sunday, was about 1,063 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and moving north at 5mph at 6am today. The storm was not considered a thr...

Proposals for speed cameras and other hi-tech surveillance equipment were still up in the air after the Government failed to say if it backed police calls for more technology to fight crime. Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley said two months a...

A taxi driver was banned from the roads until further notice yesterday after he admitted a refusal to take a breath test. Magistrates’ Court heard that an off-duty police officer saw a grey taxi swerving on Trimingham Road in Paget. The officer follo...

The global pandemic has highlighted climate change together with diversity issues such as inequity and social injustice – issues that also are increasingly being considered by executives and directors of the world’s modern banks as an evolving concer...

The RG/BSX Index finished down 2.38 points (0.09 per cent) at 2,594.32 after 200 Argus shares ($1,270) traded on the Bermuda Stock Exchange. The BSX/Insurance Index remained unquoted because of technical reasons. The Bank of Butterfield finished on t...

The Government has reiterated it will not amend labour legislation which sparked a work stoppage and march this morning by the Bermuda Industrial Union. Walter Roban, the Acting Premier, flanked by members of the Cabinet, said at a press conference ...