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Efforts to improve efficiency at the Department of Planning have resulted in more applications being processed quicker.
According to output measures listed in the Budget book 170 applications around 26 percent of all the applications received by the ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than $1 million in budget cuts at the Bermuda Regiment will hit both local training operations and wages.
According to the Budget, released on Friday, total budgeted wages at the Regiment are expected to fall from $2.9 million in 2010/11 to $1.7...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
All 14 recruit firefighters are on course to complete phase one of their training programme, learning how to tackle medical emergencies.
A spokesman for the Ministry of National Security said that all the recruits are expected to pass the Emergency M...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Harbour View Village will open its doors to lottery winners next week following years of delays.
National Security Minister David Burch announced he and Premier Paula Cox would host the grand opening of the site on March 5.
Plans for the Harbour View...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An online petition aimed at stopping an SDO for the Rosewood Tucker’s Point resort has garnered more than 100 signatures in five days.
The petition, which appeared online on February 17, calls the Tucker’s Point land ecologically and culturally sensi...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans for a proposed redevelopment of Belco’s central plant have been made available for the public for review.
Last year, Belco filed an application with the Planning Department for a phased redevelopment, including the construction of a new North S...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A taxi driver who crashed his cab in front of police was today banned from the road for drinking and driving.
Stephen Simmons, 49, from Warwick, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court this morning to driving while impaired.
Crown counsel Carrington Mah...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
After 21 years of business, Annie Young is preparing to close her store, True Reflections.
“It feels like I’m losing a family member,” she said yesterday. “We had a lot of people coming here for the last 21 years. We’ve seen them grow up.”
Describing...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Trash will be collected five days a week in an effort to reduce overtime pay.
Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess announced the move one of many cost-cutting measures revealed in Premier Paula Cox’s 201½012 Budget.
Mr Burgess said changing from a f...
DATE: Feb 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hamilton Mayor Charles Gosling said the City may have to delay or cancel future projects because of Government taking over the collection of Wharfage fees.
While it was announced in the budget that the City of Hamilton would be given a $5 million gra...
DATE: Feb 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
