4148 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Sam Strangeways
A new performance appraisal system for police will begin on April 1, Acting Police Commissioner Mike Jackman revealed today.
He said Bermuda Police Service would implement a computerised performance and development appraisal system that would “provid...
DATE: Mar 22, 2011
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Police Commissioner’s decision to get rid of five policemen from the Caribbean just two days before they were to become permanent officers with full pension rights was “conspicuously unfair”, according to the Court of Appeal.
A panel of three jud...
DATE: Mar 22, 2011
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Workers injured on the job will get more compensation under legislation passed in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The amendment to the law increases the amount payable from a maximum of $170 a week to two-thirds of a person’s earnings at the time th...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Importing foreign newspapers into Bermuda is “no longer a viable commercial proposition” Premier Paula Cox told MPs yesterday, as she proposed customs relief for those who want to print them here instead.
The Finance Minister introduced measures to m...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011
|
CATEGORY:
Budget
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Premier Paula Cox admitted yesterday it was “an embarrassment” that the Department of Financial Assistance spent almost $10 million more than its $25 million budget for this fiscal year.
The Finance Minister was responding to harsh criticism in the H...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011
|
CATEGORY:
Budget
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition politician Michael Dunkley will today tell fellow senators that no matter how they vote on a Special Development Order (SDO) for Tucker's Point, part of the proposed development will not happen.
Senator Dunkley will confirm that the neighb...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
|
CATEGORY:
Tourism
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda Landscaping Association says its members will hire Bermudians who attended a job fair last week despite the fact that not one of the 130 applicants so far considered has any experience.
The newly-formed organisation, which represents 35 lands...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An Opposition politician today accused Government of "total, blatant ineptitude" after MPs were asked to approve a near $10 million overspend for the Department of Financial Assistance.
Shadow Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin questioned...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ministers should take a pay cut to lead by example during the recession, according to Opposition Senate Leader Jeanne Atherden.
The Shadow Economy, Trade and Industry Minister also claimed yesterday that Bermuda had become “uncompetitive” as a financ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Cabinet Ministers David Burch and Kim Wilson yesterday paid tribute in the Senate to a former MP and “lady of labour” who died on Sunday.
Senator Burch described union activist Barbara Ball as a “fearless icon of this Country’s labour movement” and a...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
