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In the final article in a five-part series examining the impact of the ageing of Bermuda’s population, we look at the potential solution: economic growth. Facing an ageing and shrinking population, declining workforce, spiralling healthcare costs, un...

“In Bermuda there is a natural inclination to make everything acrimonious and vile. I do not believe we have to be cantankerous to work through comprehensive immigration reform.” — Minister of National Security Wayne Caines, January 16, 2019 It is ...

Sir John Swan has found the enemy — and the enemy is us. Bermuda’s longest-serving premier, for decades one of the island’s most successful businessmen, said more must be done to improve conditions in Bermuda. He was speaking in the context of The Ro...

In the second of a five-part series examining the impact of the ageing of Bermuda’s population, we look at the outlook for pensions. Bermuda’s shifting population demographics have serious implications for the future long-term economic prospects of ...

Changes to improve the island’s immigration laws could be on the law books by the end of July, the national security minister signalled yesterday. Wayne Caines said the latest report by the bipartisan Immigration Reform Group was submitted to him las...

The individuals behind the “Supporting Fair Immigration Reform” Facebook group and our members would like to applaud the Honourable Chief Justice for his decision recently to invalidate a $5,000 fine imposed on Ms Ashley Aguiar for taking unpaid work...

A young woman fined for doing unpaid work as a schoolgirl said last night she hoped the incident would inspire changes to immigration law. Ashley Aguiar, 22, who was born and brought up in Bermuda, said she was pleased the $5,000 fine for working wit...

A $5,000 fine served on a schoolgirl who got work experience as a hairdresser without a work permit has been quashed by the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Narinder Hargun ruled that the Chief Immigration Officer was wrong to penalise Ashley Aguiar for ...

An increase in immigration would boost the island’s struggling retail sector, the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday. Craig Cannonier said he was alarmed by figures that showed a decline in sales for seven months in a row and insisted action had...

Complaints to the Department of Immigration about suspected breaches of immigration law have reached 115 to date in 2018, Wayne Caines, the national security minister, revealed yesterday. There were 150 tip-offs to the department in 2017, Mr Caines a...

The US Consulate will be closed for Christmas and new year. A spokeswoman said the Consulate’s offices on Devonshire’s Middle Road will be shut from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day and reopen on December 27. The Consulate will also be closed on January 1...

On December 8, the Fiscal Responsibility Panel’s 2018 report was published. The executive summary said: “A precondition for faster growth is to increase the island’s workforce. It is the only realistic counter to the island’s demographic challenge fr...