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Sweeping changes to the Civil Service have moved a step closer following the launch of a Public Service Reform initiative “designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness” within the organisation.
In a statement last night, Premier Craig Cannon...
DATE: Feb 03, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Unionised bar staff at the Hamilton Princess Hotel will hold a crunch meeting this morning to consider their next move in the dispute over job cuts at the resort.
And The Royal Gazette understands that threatened industrial action by workers last nig...
DATE: Feb 03, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Latest statistics that show a drop in major crimes are “encouraging and moving in the right direction”, according to Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley.
Figures released last week show that crime rates fell in 2013, with decreases in offences suc...
DATE: Feb 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Budding e-commerce entrepreneurs can sign up for a new series of workshops to help them get their businesses up and running.
Government’s Inspire eBusiness initiative kicks off this week with a number of classes on topics such as building a website a...
DATE: Feb 03, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Island retailers had a miserable Christmas according to the latest figures, with sales for December 2013 falling short of previous years.
According to Government’s Department of Statistics, the Retail Sales Index fell 2.2 percent in December, with co...
DATE: Feb 01, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A team of Bermuda Police officers has been selected to investigate the apparent suicide of a policeman in the Cayman Islands.
The body of Police Constable Raphael Williams was discovered on January 12, just two days after the 45-year-old officer was ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government officials have been condemned after a historic burial site protected by strict Planning orders was “razed to the ground”.
And Ombudsman Arlene Brock described the lack of action by bureaucrats to enforce protection orders on the Tucker’s T...
DATE: Feb 01, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Crown lawyers are struggling to provide a “first rate prosecution service” because of increasing workloads and understaffing within the Department of Public Prosecutions.
And a drive to cut costs through pay cuts and furloughs is having a “moral defl...
DATE: Jan 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The executive director of the US organisation set to bring hundreds of delegates to Bermuda for a conference insists she is still working for the group.
But claims by Vanessa Williams that she remains employed by the National Conference of Black Mayo...
DATE: Jan 28, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government is helping some unemployed Bermudians brush up on their cleaning skills to help them find work.
A two-week training course teaching students about basic types of cleaning agents, as well as “soft skills” training such as time management an...
DATE: Jan 28, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
