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Bermuda trades union leaders have warned that the SAGE Commission’s plans to streamline Government could affect more than 1,700 jobs — and warned of a fightback if massive cuts are imposed.
The grim prediction came after the commission report recomme...
DATE: Nov 23, 2013
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The size of Parliament should be slashed, the SAGE Commission has recommended.
And the SAGE Commission said the Civil Service suffered from weak leadership — and called for poor performers to be fired, early retirement schemes and pay cuts, with the ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Other
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Sick days by Government workers cost more than $10 million a year, statistics in a new report on Government efficiency have revealed.
Bermuda public servants take an average of eight days off sick every year — nearly 42,000 days in total.
The SAGE Co...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Island’s Civil Service needs urgent reform to cuts costs and boost performance, a major report into Government spending said yesterday.
And the 140-page SAGE report recommended the need for a strategic plan, while saying other parts of the public...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute should be shut down and the site sold off, a commission into Government agency has recommended.
The SAGE Commission said upgrading the Devonshire psychiatric hospital would cost around $40 million — and that the ho...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The size of Parliament should be slashed, the SAGE Commission has recommended.
The massive report on improving Government efficiency said the House of Assembly should be cut from 36 members to 30 — and Cabinet should also be cut down to eight ministe...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A move to axe restrictions on shop opening hours has been welcomed by the retail industry.
“We are very pleased Government has taken action on that,” said Bermuda Chamber of Commerce executive director Joanne MacPhee.
She was speaking after Governor ...
DATE: Nov 12, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s air traffic control area could be extended by 35 miles, it was revealed in the Throne Speech.
And cash generated by air traffic controllers taking over flights further out to sea could be used to help pay for the running of the airport and ...
DATE: Nov 12, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Lower energy costs for consumers could be in the pipeline after Government pledged yesterday to open up the energy market to more competition.
And the move could also make the Island more attractive to outside investors by lowering the cost of doing ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A man has confessed that his testimony that helped convict a Jamaican man of drugs offences in Bermuda was false.
Delroy Duncan is serving ten years in Bermuda for his part in an attempt to smuggle more than $50,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda — b...
DATE: Oct 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
