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The deadline for applicants for Government bursaries have has been extended until May 14, a spokeswoman said today. The Public Service Bursary Awards Scheme offers funding to Bermudians seeking postsecondary education for a discipline that would meet...

Two veterans of the civil service who died this month were yesterday honoured by the Bermuda Public Services Union. Joseph Christopher, 77, was a former Commissioner of Education and education historian, and Kenneth Richardson, a former Cabinet Secre...

Government’s Department of Human Resources will be eliminated on April 1 and replaced by the Department of Employee and Organisational Development, MPs were told today. The change brings to a close a two year shake-up of Government’s human resources...

Plans to cut funding for unfilled public-sector posts will save the Government $20 million, the finance minister said yesterday. Curtis Dickinson confirmed a pledge made last month to “defund” vacant positions so that the cash could be used elsewhere...

The Commissioner of Police has argued that an officer fired after he turned off a body camera before he allegedly struck a suspect should not be allowed to return to the service. A lawyer for Stephen Corbishley said in the Supreme Court that officer...

The Commissioner of Police is to be allowed to challenge an order to reinstate an officer fired for gross misconduct. The Public Service Commission ruled last August that Police Constable Oswin Pereira should not have been dismissed over allegations ...

Anthony Manders, who died yesterday, was remembered by government colleagues as a skilled Financial Secretary in difficult times. His work included helping the Cabinet to steady an economy devastated by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Manders, an ou...

If Kathy Lynn Simmons has her way, the image of civil servants as paper-pushing bureaucrats will be a thing of the past by 2023. The Attorney General said that the Government aimed to be a paperless organisation in three years’ time, with all forms ...

Five civil service permanent secretaries have been reassigned to new posts, the head of the public service announced today. Derrick Binns said: “The swearing in of new Cabinet ministers is an opportunity to revisit the assignments of the senior-most...

Three graduates helped by the Government’s bursary programme were welcomed into the civil service as this year’s recipient was named. Ania Gilbert will benefit from the scheme as she studies for a Bachelor’s of Business Administration-Accounting at M...

The Opposition has asked the Government to clarify its stance on a cost-cutting package for the public sector after its proposals were turned down by the fire and prison services. Ben Smith, the Shadow Minister of National Security, said on Tuesday h...

The public health response team at the health ministry was thanked yesterday by the Head of the Public Service for its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Derrick Binns said the past five months had been “some of the most difficult and challenging tha...