Bermuda News Updates

The Department of Workforce Development recently partnered with Connectech Coding, Bermuda’s first technology training centre, to provide job seekers with the opportunity to refresh and develop necessary IT skills to increase their employability. The Digital Literacy Training Programme provided participants with upskilling and reskilling in the Microsoft Office Suite of products. 

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There were 1587 test results received by the Ministry of Health since the last update, and one was positive for COVID-19. The new case is classified as imported by a resident who arrived on BA 2233 from London on 29 January 2021 and tested positive on their arrival test

Additionally, since the last update, 15 cases have recovered.

There are currently 12 active cases, of which;

·         Eight are under public health monitoring and

·         Four are in hospital with none in critical care;

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On the 23rd October 2020 the employees of the Fairmont Southampton were made redundant. At the time, the hotel ownership was unable to meet its obligation to make redundancy payments in a timely fashion to more than 700 employees, and there was no guarantee as to when the owner, Westend Properties Ltd. (“Westend”), or the ultimate owner Gencom would be able to make the payments.

The Bermuda Weather Service (BWS) has advised that weather conditions are expected to deteriorate in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

It’s anticipated that the island will experience windy and rainy conditions similar to last Friday and Saturday (Jan. 29 & 30). According to the BWS, 25-35 knot winds, heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected to pass the island Tuesday morning into the early afternoon.