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Bermuda Employers’ Council welcomed Government’s plans to retrain unemployed workers as it noted the Island unemployment problem spreads wide. BEC, which has previously estimated 3,000 people have lost jobs in a two-year period, said the recent Unemp...

The average age of unemployed people is 38, according to Government’s recent Unemployed Registration Drive. Just over 1,000 people registered at the initiative designed to find out the needs of those who have fallen victim to the economic crisis, Eco...

Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons accused Government of electioneering with talk of adopting the Career Academies initiative from the United States. Dr Gibbons said he’s heard many promises in recent years that young people will be given more t...

Local businesses will play a key role lining young people up for long-term careers under the Island’s Jobs Corps vocational programme. Community Development Minister Michael Weeks said Government wants to tap into the knowledge and expertise of the b...

Governor Sir Richard Gozney says he takes heart from 11 guilty verdicts in the past year as Bermuda attempts to get to grips with soaring gun violence. And Sir Richard is hopeful the solution to the Island’s ‘horrendous’ gang troubles can emerge from...

Government will create a Bermuda Technical Institute for the 21st Century through its Jobs Corps programme, Community Development Minister Michael Weeks said yesterday. And Mr Weeks revealed a series of adverts promoting the value of ‘working with yo...

Former Cabinet Secretary Marc Telemaque yesterday hit back at criticism of the controversial emissions testing programme, saying much of the extra cash spent on the project was supported by the House of Assembly. Mr Telemaque has been in the spotligh...

Governor Sir Richard Gozney yesterday praised Premier Paula Cox for kicking off a new era of good governance and wiping out 'special concessions' granted to her predecessor Ewart Brown's Ministry. The Tourism and Transport Ministry didn't follow the ...

Lovitta Foggo believes she’s proved women are up to the task after three years as Bermuda’s first female Government Chief Whip. The St David’s MP says her election to the post by Parliamentary colleagues in 2008 paved the way for her to show how fema...

Former Attorney General Phil Perinchief yesterday called for wholesalers who have historically enjoyed a ‘virtual monopoly’ to disclose their markups. Mr Perinchief also suggested eliminating tax on targeted goods as he put forward his own ideas for ...