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The Government broke ground yesterday on what will be a new international arbitration centre developed as part of a public-private partnership. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch announced the construction of the Ottiwell Simmons International Arbitratio...

Expatriate hotel workers said yesterday they were “heartbroken” to leave the island after more than a decade as they sold off household items. Staff at the Fairmont Southampton said up to 150 expatriate workers had started to pack their bags as layof...

A Cabinet member said that he offered to meet the leader of the island’s white-collar union today to discuss alleged attempts by health ministry staff to bring down a scientist in the front line of the battle against Covid-19. Lieutenant-Colonel Davi...

Most of the 62 Portuguese nationals who quit the island in a special repatriation flight this week left because they had lost their jobs — and many had “left for good”, the travel agent who arranged the flight said yesterday. Luisa Da Ponte, of Trip ...

The leader of the island’s white-collar union hit back yesterday after a Cabinet minister attacked health ministry staff for a claimed attempt to bring down the scientist leading the fight against Covid-19. Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda...

A lifeline for people in need of financial aid because of the Covid-19 pandemic will be unveiled in the House of Assembly tomorrow. A spokesman for the Ministry of Labour said it would “ensure that individuals still in need of financial aid are trans...

The Covid-19 pandemic has really taken its toll on Bermuda’s youth unemployment. If you look at the 2018 workforce development survey, you will find that the unemployment rate for persons under 25 rose to 18 per cent of that population. This is trip...

Laid-off workers who have been receiving unemployment benefits since March 24 are expected to receive their final pay this week. The scheme was initially planned for 12 weeks but was extended to 16. The Government has not yet said if there will be a ...

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life” — Unknown If there is one thing that my journey has shown me time and again, it’s that if you are not advancing, you are receding because nothing in life is static. As some...

Bermuda is to grasp the chance to attract remote workers to the island with the launch of a special one-year residential certificate. The Government has also laid out a welcome mat for non-Bermudian students who, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic closin...

Following up on our article of last week, relative to the Bermuda Government Contributory Pension Fund, we share additional feedback from readers and others. A reader asked: “If I don’t qualify for Government social insurance, I understand that my co...

MPs approved amendments removing the requirement of people to be retired in order to apply for pension refunds. The National Pension Scheme (Occupational Pensions) Amendment No 2 was passed with no objection. The amendments allow members and former ...