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Job losses in the construction sector are certain unless a steady flow of contracts is maintained after the Covid-19 crisis ends, the industry body warned yesterday. Simon Tully and Will Irvine, of the Construction Association of Bermuda, said there ...

People unemployed because of Covid-19 could be helped by an emergency unemployment benefit scheme, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport said yesterday. Lovitta Foggo said that a task force had been set up to implement the programme. Sh...

Unemployment among people under the age of 25 plummeted in the second half of last year, figures revealed yesterday. The Labour Force Survey Report from the Department of Statistics showed the jobless rate for 16 to 24-year-olds fell from 18.4 per ce...

“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...

Getting more Bermudians into trades could grow Bermuda’s economy, a Progressive Labour Party politician has said. Christopher Famous said foreigners made up the majority of people employed in Bermuda’s service industry. He told the House of Assembly ...

Whether you are just starting your career, unemployed or underemployed and need assistance with your job search, the Department of Workforce Development is offering free career development workshops to assist with career guidance. The Department has...

If you build it they will come Field of Dreams It may be subjective whether or not they will come, but one thing for sure, you still have to build it. To build “it”, one would have to have the skill set to build and maintain whatever “it” is. To ha...

Over the past few weeks, there has been a constant stream of public questions and critiques made of the Government. There are those who tend to ask well-founded and valid questions that deserve open and transparent answers. Then there are those who s...

Life skills including advice for parenting and employment will be part of a new programme for women. Single mothers ill-equipped to enter the job market are among those expected to benefit from a series of workshops and support to help boost their em...

I want to thank my counterpart in the Progressive Labour Party for giving me an opportunity to highlight some of the achievements the One Bermuda Alliance was able to accomplish during its tenure. In a statement, Owen Darrell, in an effort to bring a...

Dear Sir, I was born in a blue-collar working family and I came up watching my grandmother and mother struggle to make ends meet, putting clothes on our backs and food on the table. As far as I could remember my mother had worked in most of the hote...

Butterfield Bank has pledged to make every effort to avoid redundancies as it relocates jobs to its service centre in Canada. The bank said in a statement today: “Over the next several years, we will be working to modernise and adjust our operations ...