Michael DeLeon Receives PSEA Award For August

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News Release HAMILTON, Bermuda This week (Sept 18), the Premier recognized Michael DeLeon, Operations Manager at the Department of Public Transport, as the recipient of the August Public Service Excellence Award (PSEA). As the community is aware, the PSEA is a programme that recognizes Public Off... Read more

Backyard Birds Featured In New Commemorative Stamp Series

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News Release HAMILTON, Bermuda The Philatelic Bureau of the Bermuda Post Office is proud to present a new commemorative stamp issue, “ Backyard Birds”, release date of Thursday, September 21, 2023. Today, nine songbird species live in backyards across the Bermuda archipelago.  Of these, ... Read more

Bermuda Job Market Employment 598 Jobs Added To Economy In 2022 & Incomes Increased By 2.6%

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News Release HAMILTON, Bermuda Today, the Minister of Economy and Labour, Jason Hayward, released the 2023 editions of The Bermuda Job Market Employment Briefs and Tabulation Set publications from the Department of Statistics.  The 2022 Employment Survey reference week was August 28 to Sept... Read more

A Black Student Was Suspended For His Hairstyle. The School Says It Wasn’t Discrimination

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AP MONT BELVIEU, Texas — A Black high school student in Texas has served more than two weeks of in-school suspensions for wearing twisted dreadlocks to school. When he arrived Monday with the same hairstyle, he was suspended again, his mother said. Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High S... Read more

NYC Day Care Operator Tried To Cover Up Fentanyl Operation Before 1-year-old’s Death, Feds Allege

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APNEW YORK, BY Jake Offenhartz — The owner of a New York City day care center where a 1-year-old child died after being exposed to fentanyl took steps to cover up her involvement in a sprawling drug operation, even as medics rushed to treat several children in her care who were poisoned by the o... Read more

Three Suspected Stolen Motorcycles Recovered In Two Separate Incidents

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News Release HAMILTON, Bermuda Around 11:35am Monday, September 18th, police officers on mobile patrol in Warwick encountered two men on a motorcycle travelling along Spice Hill Road. On seeing the police vehicle, the male rider sped away and was pursued by the patrol officers to Eastdale Lane, w... Read more

OBA Rebuttal To PLP’s Misleading Statements On Employment & The Economy 

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The following statement was released by One Bermuda Alliance Senator Douglas De Couto, Opposition Shadow Minister for Finance... Once again David Burt’s PLP Government has been using statistics to proclaim success.   But if you examine them, using the same reports as Government, you see... Read more

Hundreds Of Flying Taxis To Be Made In Ohio, Home Of The Wright Brothers & Astronaut Legends

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AP COLUMBUS, Ohio, Julie Carr Smyth — The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon be manufacturing cutting-edge electric planes that take off and land vertically, under an agreement announced Monday between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. “When you... Read more

OBA: How Can The Government Not Provide Hurricane Shelter?

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The following statement was released by One Bermuda Alliance Senator Robin Tucker... Indications are that there are increased numbers of homeless people in Bermuda and the charities are hard pressed to keep up with the needs, so how is it that a government that claims to care about its people doe... Read more

Legal & General Reinsurance Supports Emerging Talent In Bermuda

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News Release HAMILTON, Bermuda – Legal & General Reinsurance (L&G Re) is thrilled to announce its continued commitment to nurturing Bermuda’s talent through the Bermuda International Long Term Insurers and Reinsurers (BILTIR) Summer Internship Programme and support for the ABIC Education... Read more