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Construction at the hospital has so far injected $35 million into Bermuda’s economy, with $125 million spent so far on construction orders.
And Bermuda’s hospitals have picked up high scores overall, from overseas surveyors and the Island’s own patie...
DATE: Mar 13, 2012
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition has called for four-year re-registering to improve the accuracy of the Parliamentary Registrar, and for fixed term elections to be set for every five years.
These recommendations emerged in the continued Budget debate, as the reviews t...
DATE: Mar 12, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Environment Minister Marc Bean criticised the One Bermuda Alliance for suggesting things in the Reply to the Budget that Government is already doing.
His speech was punctuated by frequent heckles from Government MP Glenn Blakeney of “copycat politics...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Government programme to send behaviourally challenged students overseas for treatment has seen its funding restored.
Youth Minister Glenn Blakeney said the Psycho-Educational Programme would see its budget restored to $3.12 million for the coming f...
DATE: Feb 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Youth, Families and Sports walked away the biggest winner from the 2012/13 Budget, up more than 20 percent.
From last year's $62 million, expenditure for this Ministry is estimated at $75.3 million for the coming fiscal year driven la...
DATE: Feb 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The skies and seas were eyed as potential sources of revenue in Government’s latest Budget Statement.
Charging a user fee for Bermuda’s commercial airspace could take in $18 million annually in just five years’ time, Premier Paula Cox told the House ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
With an estimated $191 million allocated for the coming fiscal year, the Ministry of Health has netted the biggest share of Government’s projected expenditure.
The biggest slice of that - $142.6 million - has been set aside for hospitals, where servi...
DATE: Feb 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
In the catalogues of figures for Bermuda’s 2012/13 Budget, sharp year-on-year differences occasionally emerge.
Spending on consultants, appears to hold steady - but Government’s anticipated spending on psychological services is set to rise from $6,00...
DATE: Feb 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “revolutionary” bargaining agreement has been made between the City of Hamilton and the Bermuda Public Services Union (BPSU).
The City’s management team is now covered under a collective bargaining agreement with the union, negotiated in just two w...
DATE: Jan 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Talks between KFC and the Bermuda Industrial Union are continuing as the two sides work to settle a dispute over the collective bargaining agreement between the union and the restaurant.
Following a meeting on Wednesday, Director of Kentucky Fried Ch...
DATE: Jan 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
