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More industrial could be on the cards in a battle over labour laws, it was revealed last night. The news came after union leaders met last night to discuss the possibility of more disruption next week. Chris Furbert, the BIU president, said afterward...

A new role for the old prison service headquarters site could be in the pipeline. A request for proposal for the site has been posted on the Government website with a deadline of September 13. The Ministry of Public Works and Department of Public Lan...

Dear Sir, Yet another government property has been allowed to deteriorate. Why have successive governments permitted so many buildings to deteriorate and, when it is too late, end up spending considerable amounts of taxpayers’ money to restore them t...

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 ...

The Bermuda Industrial Union last night vowed to push ahead with a two-day strike today despite a warning that it would hurt the most vulnerable members of the public. Walter Roban, the Acting Premier, said: “The next two days will hurt those who can...

The island’s cricketing authority has joined forces with the Government to boost the employment prospects of fans. The Bermuda Cricket Board and the Department of Workforce Development have agreed to use matches as opportunities to get people to sign...

A union’s threat of two-day strike this month was more to do with internal Progressive Labour Party politics than controversial changes to labour legislation, the Premier claimed yesterday. David Burt said in a letter to Chris Furbert, the president...

Opposition to the Bermuda Industrial Union’s threat of a major strike grew yesterday as the government maintained it will not back down on the issue of union decertification votes. The Bermuda Industrial Union is demanding that the government amend ...

A pair of new permanent secretaries have been appointed, the Head of the Public Service announced today. Derrick Binns said Marva-Jean O’Brien, recently seconded as the secretary to the Commission of Inquiry into historic land losses, has become the...

The bus service could be shut down on Monday, it was revealed today. Bus drivers warned they were prepared to strike over a dispute with the Government. A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Industrial Union said the bus division had agreed to withdraw labou...

Government has seen a thousand applications from those who wish to take advantage of the “Work from Bermuda” initiative in its first year of offer, the finance minister Curtis Dickinson has said. The Minister also signalled the success of another gov...