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Dear Sir, This letter is addressed to the Finance Minister, Bob Richards. I don’t want to hear you moan and groan again in the press about being $2.5 billion in debt as a government, or not being able to balance the budget. You have failed to make...

Jennifer Attride-Stirling has been appointed to permanent secretary for Health, Seniors and Environment. “This is a really exciting opportunity and I’m deeply honoured to have been selected — I’m looking forward to bringing my energy and expertise to...

Dear Sir, I can be relied upon to criticise the astounding inefficiency and ignorance that can be found with some among our civil servants but, equally, can be relied upon to point out and compliment a couple of departments who seem to doing a great ...

Temporary public service workers filling vacant or temporary additional posts are not having their contracts renewed — unless the positions are regarded as essential. While figures are not available for the numbers affected, the new policy went into ...

Civil Service head Derrick Binns says he is confident that public servants will be able to deliver on Government’s mandate regardless of cost-cutting measures. Mr Binns, also secretary to the Cabinet, said: “Over the past 20 years or so, Bermuda’s e...

Health and safety grievances have piled up for public transport workers, according to Shadow Transport Minister Lawrence Scott, who has accused Government of “foot dragging and mismanagement”. However, Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell called the al...

Premier Michael Dunkley has assured civil servants they will continue to be consulted on public sector reform — on the same day the Island’s white-collar union rejected proposals released by Government earlier this year. The Bermuda Public Services U...

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...