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Members of the Bermuda Public Services Union last night agreed three-to-one to accept a 1.25 percent pay increase for civil servants closing months of often contentious negotiations with Government.
“We had 485 people vote, and 75 percent of them vot...
DATE: May 18, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former National Security Minister David Burch has been appointed chairman of the Parole Board.
He was appointed by Justice Minister Michael Scott, to serve for a term of three years from April 29.
The move is tantamount to a switch of roles between t...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bad financial management by Government was responsible for cuts in the Island’s ferry service, Opposition leader Kim Swan said last night.
Mr Swan called the reductions, which affects each of the Island’s four ferry routes, “socially insensitive”.
Ac...
DATE: Apr 16, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Protestors against a controversial special development order (SDO) for Rosewood Tucker’s Point marched on Parliament in a bid to stall yesterday’s debate.
About a dozen people turned up in hopes of encouraging Environment Minister Walter Roban to del...
DATE: Mar 01, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is represented at the Caribbean Community (Caricom) meeting underway in Grenada, with National Security Minister David Burch and Assistant Cabinet Secretary Judith Hall-Bean attending.
The 22nd inter-sessional meeting of the conference of hea...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Charges that Bermuda is growing unfriendly to international business have been echoed by Opposition politicians and others.
The statements followed a call from Peter Durhager, executive vice president of Renaissance Re and co-chair of the economic th...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bill bringing Bermuda into line with global anti-doping sports law was tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday.
Sports Minister Glenn Blakeney said the Bill was essential for Bermudian athletes to continue competing internationally.
He said in a...
DATE: Feb 07, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The majority of voters remain opposed to Independence, according to a recent poll.
Seventy-three percent of persons surveyed by Mindmaps said they were against such a move.
The figure is the same as in an October survey.
As before, 14 percent of tho...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s Census 2010 has been revived, with the Department of Statistics launching ‘Census Phase II’.
A legislative amendment proposed by Premier Paula Cox in the House of Assembly last month allowed for an extension of this year’s census.
The cens...
DATE: Dec 15, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Repairs by Public Works staff to a wall owned by former Premier Ewart Brown became a topic of argument in the House of Assembly.
During the House's Motion to Adjourn yesterday, Opposition MP Grant Gibbons questioned why a wall, on Dr Brown's Smith's ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
