Lawyer Eugene Johnston revealed he relied on his support network because his family had “no ability to eat” when he found himself out of work.
Mr Johnston, who has handled a series of prominent court cases over the past decade, fell on hard times aft...
DATE: Oct 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
Taxpayers will continue to “pick up the slack” if workers do not get a living wage, a public forum heard this week.
Martha Dismont, the executive director of Family Centre, said financial assistance for food and housing for struggling Bermudians was ...
Public opinion on the introduction of a living wage for Bermuda will be heard at a forum next week.
People have been invited to listen to a panel of speakers and give their views after legislators approved a parliamentary report on the subject.
Rolfe...
DATE: Oct 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
The “real work” starts now to deliver a pay structure in Bermuda that aims to lift low-income workers off the breadline.
More than two years after Rolfe Commissiong, a government backbencher, first moved to launch a committee that would consider a li...
DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
A single platform pledge out of 21 made by the Government for its first one hundred days remains uncompleted, Bermuda’s Premier has claimed.
However, an in-depth interview with David Burt suggested that some promises said to be fulfilled are only wo...
The Government has done an “admirable” job of increasing opportunities for Bermudians, the Premier claimed yesterday.
David Burt highlighted the amount of legislation that has gone through Parliament since the Progressive Labour Party took power and ...
A top-level shake-up of the Civil Service is to cost taxpayers an extra $40,000, Lovitta Foggo told Parliament yesterday.
The government reform minister said the increase was because the post of Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service had bee...
Liberty Mutual has reorganised its operations — including its Bermudian-based insurer Ironshore — to better address the needs of brokers and clients.
According to Mitch Blaser, who will assume the title of vice-chairman of Ironshore Bermuda, the chan...
The Bermuda Government stands to reap millions by tightening payroll tax on notional salaries in owner-managed businesses.
Branded an “often-abused part of the payroll-tax system” by David Burt in his Budget speech, notional salaries were estimated t...
DATE: Feb 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
