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The Minister of Finance is planning to introduce Civil Service payroll numbers to Budget Books so as to provide greater clarity on the size of the public sector.
Curtis Dickinson admitted that an understanding of the figures used in recent years need...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An Opposition politician claimed that the “wheels are off” the island’s tourism organisation after its chief executive quit the job.
Leah Scott added that the results produced by the Bermuda Tourism Authority proved Kevin Dallas had the expertise to ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority is to quit the job tomorrow, it was announced yesterday.
Kevin Dallas will step down after three years in the post — over which the island notched up record numbers of visitors.
However, the move w...
DATE: Feb 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A celebration of Native American life will take place with the biannual St David’s Islanders and Native Community Pow Wow on June 6 and 7.
The charity announced the dates as well as its new committee chairwoman Terlena Murphy, who took over from Nive...
DATE: Feb 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda’s banana crisis is continuing as importers and officials struggle to find a solution to pest problems in imported fruit.
Some shops used signs to tell customers that bananas will be unavailable “until further notice” and one said it had added...
DATE: Feb 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A former board chairman at two public schools has defended Bermuda’s education system after economists claimed it had failed children for decades.
Leonard Santucci said he feared that Peter Everson and Robert Stewart did not carry out an “objective a...
DATE: Feb 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Women who made bold, life-changing decisions will talk about their experiences this weekend to help other people reinvent themselves.
Keema Perry and Jennifer Outerbridge-Smith said the event on Saturday would help guests think about what differences...
DATE: Feb 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Young people who get too old for the island’s care system could soon be supported by a halfway house to help them deal with the move into adulthood.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told MPs: “In the 2020-21 year, a transitional living regi...
DATE: Feb 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police are to get their smallest budget for nine years after a $4 million cut yesterday.
Figures released as part of the Budget Statement showed that the amount allocated to the island’s law enforcers for 2020-21 was $61.8 million.
The original and r...
DATE: Feb 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A $1.9 million boost to spending on health will help treat people with mental health problems, it was revealed in the Budget yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, explained that the Ministry of Health budget was “among the few” that w...
DATE: Feb 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter