Butterfield Bank laid off 25 employees yesterday, as the company restructured to cut costs in the slow economy.
The job losses were spread out across departments and levels of seniority, bosses reveal...
United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Dunkley has criticised Government for hitting businesses in the pocket with an “exorbitant” food licence fee increase.
Sen Dunkley told the Upper House businesses ...
Property owners in Hamilton could end up like those who famously dropped tea into Boston Harbor in 1773, Independent Senator Walwyn Hughes warned yesterday.
But although United Bermuda Party Senators ...
Restaurateurs claim they are being kicked while they’re down after landing massive hikes in licence fees.
One businessman told The Royal Gazette his Food Establishment Licence Fee had shot up from $61...
New Bermuda Public Services Union president Kevin Grant says he’s committed to revitalising Bermuda not just the union as he reflected on claims inflated pay increases have hurt the Island.
Mr Grant s...
The Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO was approved yesterday paving the way for an expansion project aimed at rescuing the resort from financial ruin.
Once more the order was surrounded by controversy as, f...
This is the concluding part of Friday’s debate in the Senate on the revised SDO for Tucker’s Point. The first part of the debate was published in Saturday’s newspaper.
Opposition Senate Leader Jeanne...
United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan has urged Government to follow the example of union leader Maynard Dill in owning up to its mistakes.
Mr Dill, the Trade Union Congress past president, had concede...
A hotel expansion remains a key part of the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO, Junior Environment Minister David Burt pledged yesterday.
Critics had raised concerns the hotel component had been lost as Quar...
The Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO was approved by the Senate last night after a hot-tempered debate in the Upper House.
Independent Senator Joan Dillas-Wright who opposed the order last week gave suppor...