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A bid by Opposition senators to make Hamilton docks an essential service was defeated in the Upper House yesterday afternoon. A vote on the question was taking during debate on the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 2020. A second...

Staff at the Ministry of Finance are working from home after the department closed its offices on Parliament Street. But the Government is refusing to give a reason for the closure or say when the shutdown was imposed. In a statement issued yesterday...

Five years ago Peggy Burns published a book filled with “outcome-based solutions” for anyone looking for a job. With so many people unemployed or underemployed by Covid-19, she believes The Key to Getting Hired when No One is Hiring is even more impo...

The real test of leadership is not on the horizon; it’s staring us in the face. While we may be spectators, if any major escalation that resembles civil war in the United States occurs, it will have a huge and direct impact in Bermuda — as it did in ...

Saltus Grammar School has awarded long service awards to 15 of its staff members. The employees, who collectively celebrated 240 years of service, are: Joy Oatley (30 years of service); Mario Foote (30 years); Alexander “Sandy” White (25 years); Mary...

More than 6,000 metric tonnes of greenhouse gas is generated by RenaissanceRe's Bermuda operations each year, with air travel and purchased electricity accounting for the bulk of the carbon emissions. To offset the impact of those emissions it is su...

Senators yesterday passed the Employment Amendment Act in the biggest expansion of employees’ rights in 20 years. The Act seeks to provide protections for workers against extended probationary periods and bullying. In a slew of other amendments, ber...

Dear Sir, Am I the only one wondering what the difference is between the Trump supporters storming the Capitol Building to prevent lawmakers from passing a law they disagree with and our own Progressive Labour Party “rent-a-mob” that in December 2016...

A man who admitted hitting his 14-year-old daughter avoided jail time after he promised to change his behaviour. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe sentenced the 33-year-old man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, to a year-long suspended prison ...

A truck driver who admitted drink driving without a helmet was shown mercy yesterday when the magistrate fined him half of the usual tariff for the offence. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe fined Vernon Eve $500 during Magistrates’ Court, but banned the...

Bermuda’s chief veterinary officer has urged members of the public to “act cautiously” when encountering unfamiliar dogs. Jonathan Nisbett was speaking after a visitor to the island was savagely attacked by a restricted breed on January 2. Abigail Al...

A man with mental health problems was jailed for one month to help him receive the shelter and treatment he needs. Dwayne Hassan, 28, was also sentenced during Magistrates’ Court yesterday to one year’s probation after his imprisonment to ensure cont...