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Police officers urged the Government to stop taking them for granted after an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss negotiations about conditions. The Bermuda Police Association said its members were committed to providing a “first-class service” bu...

Unresolved matters at the heart of a deadlock over police officers’ work conditions could be settled by conciliation, the Government said last night. Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, explained that the public sector negotiating tea...

An East End school has been given the green light for classes to go ahead after concerns about suspected asbestos, the Minister of Education said. Diallo Rabain apologised to parents of students at Clearwater Middle School for not alerting them to th...

Workers at a cleaning firm were urged to take any complaints to the Government’s Labour Relations section after it was claimed that some staff had not been paid for up to three months. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Spor...

Police officers will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss an “impasse” in negotiations over conditions. Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the Bermuda Police Association chairman, said last night that some critical issues remained unresolved in talks...

Teachers have “grave concerns” about pupils and staff at an East End school contaminated by asbestos, the head of the Bermuda Union of Teachers said yesterday. Shannon James, the president of the BUT, said that the union demanded the highest standar...

Some staff at a cleaning firm have not been paid for up to three months, an employee has claimed. The staff member said “hard-working and dedicated” staff at Just Cleaners Ltd had been hit by non-payment and late payment of wages. The worker, who ask...

The grandmother of an 11-year-old girl due to start at an East End school next month said she was concerned about asbestos in the building. Mary Faries heard a radio report last week about the presence of the cancer-causing material at Clearwater Mi...

Two summer programmes for schoolchildren have ended. The Summer Internship Programme and the Summer Employment Programme both wrapped up last week. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said the four-week programme gav...

Families affected by delays in payment of war veterans’ benefits will have their problems tackled “as a matter of urgency”, the Minister of Finance pledged last night. Curtis Dickinson said officials from the Department of Social Insurance would meet...

Cabinet minister Zane DeSilva lost a court battle with his sister-in-law and niece after it was ruled that his company wrongfully fired them. The Supreme Court upheld a decision by the Employment Tribunal that Island Construction was wrong to dismiss...

“Demoralised” police were considering their options last night after a further delay in negotiations with the Government on pay and conditions, their representative body said. Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the chairman of the Bermuda Police Association, ...