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Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez will take part in a live online question and answer session with The Royal Gazette this morning and she is urging the public to log on and get involved. Ms Gutierrez proposed the real time discussion to ma...

Nineteen public officers will retire from the Bermuda Government today, as part of the voluntary early retirement programme. The scheme, which was reintroduced in June for eligible persons in the public service, applies to Government employees aged b...

Over the past few years, a false narrative has been repeated over and over in an attempt to paint the Civil Service in an extremely negative light. The motive of those who continue to speak in this manner is fairly clear, however, their facts are, at...

Dear Sir, This letter is a response to Mr Chris Famous’s Opinion article (August 7) concerning the Civil Service, which he is defending, and his response to my criticism, the Observer, whom he bad mouthed. Mr Famous, let us rewind to the years of S...

Former minister Quinton Edness has implored the Bermuda Government to impose cuts rather than draw on its $200 million loan agreement with Butterfield Bank. Mr Edness warned last night that incurring further debt on top of the existing $2.185 billio...

Mark Twain’s aphorism about never putting off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow was intended as a sardonic rebuke to the chronically tardy, not a rallying cry. But Bermuda seems to have other ideas. Long the author’s second home, ...

Dear Sir, This letter is addressed to the Finance Minister, Bob Richards. I don’t want to hear you moan and groan again in the press about being $2.5 billion in debt as a government, or not being able to balance the budget. You have failed to make...

Jennifer Attride-Stirling has been appointed to permanent secretary for Health, Seniors and Environment. “This is a really exciting opportunity and I’m deeply honoured to have been selected — I’m looking forward to bringing my energy and expertise to...

Dear Sir, I can be relied upon to criticise the astounding inefficiency and ignorance that can be found with some among our civil servants but, equally, can be relied upon to point out and compliment a couple of departments who seem to doing a great ...

Temporary public service workers filling vacant or temporary additional posts are not having their contracts renewed — unless the positions are regarded as essential. While figures are not available for the numbers affected, the new policy went into ...

Civil Service head Derrick Binns says he is confident that public servants will be able to deliver on Government’s mandate regardless of cost-cutting measures. Mr Binns, also secretary to the Cabinet, said: “Over the past 20 years or so, Bermuda’s e...

Health and safety grievances have piled up for public transport workers, according to Shadow Transport Minister Lawrence Scott, who has accused Government of “foot dragging and mismanagement”. However, Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell called the al...