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The Opposition Progressive Labour Party has stepped up its attack on Government following a telephone conversation between Premier Craig Cannonier and PLP leader Marc Bean last week.
According to the Premier, the subject of a planned referendum on ga...
DATE: Dec 19, 2013
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Rampant maladministration at the Corporation of Hamilton has “crept up at every corner in a dazzling, infinite, relentless variety and wilfulness of ways” according to an independent probe into the municipality.
And Ombudsman Arlene Brock has conclud...
DATE: Dec 14, 2013
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Ombudsman Arlene Brock has suggested that the controversial agreement to redevelop Hamilton’s waterfront should ideally be scrapped because the process was littered with irregularities.
Although the investigation initially intended to examine “genera...
DATE: Dec 14, 2013
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The Corporation of Hamilton is being run by an “inner core” of just three elected officials, according to Ombudsman Arlene Brock.
Although nine councillors were elected on the Team Hamilton ticket, rumours of a split within the group have circulated ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2013
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Public services could be revolutionised under a new system that puts them in the hands of employees who will have a financial stake in their operation.
And Finance Minister Bob Richards said the concept, known as mutualisation, could provide economic...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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A group of former Regiment commanders campaigning to keep conscription have been condemned as “misguided former soldiers who have no regard for human rights”.
And the eight ex-servicemen have also come under fire for being “the primary beneficiaries ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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The work of more than 350 budding artists who took part in a student art competition has gone on display at the Bermuda National Gallery.
The theme of this year’s contest was ‘Eyes on Bermuda: My Community, My Bermuda’, and posed the question: ‘When ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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Police have launched an investigation into the death of experienced sailor Steve Cummings, who died on Wednesday morning after his boat sank.
The 66-year-old American had set sail from his home on the west coast of Florida intending to sail across th...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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Bermuda’s two biggest unions are willing to work with Government to implement cost-saving measures put forward by the SAGE Commission.
Acknowledging that the Island’s $331 million debt burden is not sustainable — and that Government needs to slash it...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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Rampant maladministration at the Corporation of Hamilton has “crept up at every corner in a dazzling, infinite, relentless variety and wilfulness of ways” according to an independent probe into the municipality.
And Ombudsman Arlene Brock has conclud...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan