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Fourteen people have completed a ten-module skills development programme presented by the Government Parks Department. The programme is a training and development opportunity for young people between the ages of 19 and 25 who are interested in learni...

Support staff at CedarBridge Academy fear their hours could be cut by 40 days a year. Employees said they were told the reductions were needed to prevent job losses and that the cost-saving exercise came after years of “money mismanagement”. Administ...

David Burt said yesterday that the Bermuda Government would intensify efforts to open up the banking sector to competition after 11 people were made redundant at Butterfield Bank. The Premier’s comments came after Butterfield announced yesterday morn...

Eleven people have lost their jobs, and 30 more have accepted early retirement packages, in sweeping changes at Butterfield Bank. The 11 positions were made redundant over two departments, the bank said in a statement released yesterday morning by th...

Teachers have accepted a pay rise and leave for new parents in line with other public sector workers, it emerged last night. Mike Charles, the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said that negotiations with the Government had “paused”...

An emergency meeting of the Bermuda Police Association was held yesterday amid concerns over the state of employment negotiations. Leaders of the organisation sought feedback from its members on how best to proceed. Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the chai...

You are only as old as you feel” they used to say. And while there is some still truth to this statement, it turns out that it might be more accurate to say, “You are only as old as you think”. Recent studies have indicated that the secret to a long ...

Prison officers could take industrial action over conditions at Westgate jail, the head of their representative body warned yesterday. Tim Seon, the chairman of the Prison Officers Association, said he could not rule out the potential for labour disr...

“The truth is an offence but not a sin.” — Bob Marley During the course of our lives, we will be faced with either having to tell people what they want to hear or telling them what they need to hear. More often than not, when you tell people what the...

The Ministry of National Security will work to address concerns raised by the Prison Officers Association, according to Wayne Caines. In a statement last might, Mr Caines, the Minister of National Security, said the ministry has met with the POA seve...

For the last year of your working life you counted the days until you would be free like a kid looking forward to Christmas. You calculated your retirement income, filled out all the paperwork, and tried to look suitably demure at the farewell drink...

Bermuda’s prison service is a “forgotten service” according to Thad Hollis, lead negotiator for the Prison Officers Association. Mr Hollis, who is leading talks with the Corrections Department on behalf of the association, said negotiations and col...