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A strategic plan for public service reform came into effect today after being approved by Cabinet.
Cherie Whitter, the Deputy Head of the Public Service, has given up her duties as Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office, and will work full time o...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A strategic plan for public service reform came into effect today after being approved by Cabinet.
Cherie Whitter, the Deputy Head of the Public Service, has given up her duties as Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office, and will work full time o...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
MPs donated their DNA to help medical science.
Carika Weldon, a Bermudian scientist at Oxford University in Britain, was at the House of Assembly last Friday to collect DNA samples as part of a study into genetic factors that led to diabetes.
The pro...
DATE: Feb 18, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A clerk from the British Parliament, who spent two weeks on the island working with Bermuda’s Public Accounts Committee, returned to the UK on Saturday.
Stephen McGinness, a Clerk of the House of Commons’ PAC, visited to help the Bermuda committee wi...
DATE: Feb 18, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Mayor of St George said last night she was “saddened and disappointed” by proposals to axe the two local authorities on the island.
Now, Quinell Francis has asked residents and business owners in the St George’s area to attend a special town hall...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Speaker of the House of Assembly marked 30 years as an MP yesterday.
Dennis Lister, the Progressive Labour Party’s longest-serving MP, celebrated the anniversary on February 9.
He told MPs on the first sitting of the new parliamentary session tha...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Speaker of the House of Assembly yesterday blocked a statement on payments to pepper-sprayed protesters who forced a postponement of a House of Assembly meeting.
Dennis Lister told Wayne Caines, the national security minister, to postpone his sta...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A clash between protesters and police outside the House of Assembly will be discussed by the national security minister today.
Wayne Caines will talk about the aftermath of the December 2016 events in the wake of revelations that his ministry had mad...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Proposals to abolish the Corporation of Hamilton and St George or turn them into quangos could come into force before local elections in May, the Mayor of Hamilton said this week.
Charles Gosling learnt of the proposals only in a Monday meeting with ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A clerk from the British Parliament has been seconded to Bermuda to work on financial oversight with the Public Accounts Committee.
Stephen McGinness, the Clerk of the House of Commons’ PAC, will work alongside the Bermuda equivalent to scrutinise va...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell