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Premier Ewart Brown's new press secretary is being paid about $30,000 a year less than his predecessors.
Jamahl Simmons told The Royal Gazette he was receiving an annual salary of $71,110 for the full-time job, which is publicly funded but a politica...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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An invitation to Bermudians from Labour Minister David Burch to attend a locals-only meeting on work permit term limits has been described as "divisive and inflammatory" by the Opposition.
Senator Burch sent an e-mail on Monday about the April 8 clos...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown admitted yesterday he gave the Opposition just half a minute to talk on the Cabinet Office budget in Parliament because it wouldn't reschedule a debate on Tourism spending. Dr. Brown, who is also Tourism Minister, told a press con...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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Former United Bermuda Party MP Jamahl Simmons was yesterday named as the Premier's new press secretary — just a few months after stepping down as executive aide.
Mr. Simmons replaces Arnold Minors, whose departure was announced last week after he ser...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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Junior Tourism Minister Marc Bean yesterday described a group campaigning to save the Southlands estate as "very discredited" and a "muppet show".
He told the Senate he could not take Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce seriously as it...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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Government would be "irresponsible" to swap Morgan's Point for Southlands until it knows exactly what development is planned for the site, Premier Ewart Brown said yesterday.
He told a press conference that the land exchange deal announced two years ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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Former United Bermuda Party MP Jamahl Simmons has been named as the Premier’s new press secretary.
Mr. Simmons, who stepped down in December as Ewart Brown’s executive aide, replaces Arnold Minors.
Dr. Brown told a lunchtime press conference that Mr....
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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Youngsters used their own bodies to form the shape of a boat built by shipwreck survivors in Bermuda 400 years ago this month.
Seventy students from Clearwater Middle School gathered at the exact spot at Builder's Bay in St. George's where the Delive...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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The United Bermuda Party is overwhelming civil servants with parliamentary questions, Premier Ewart Brown complained this week.
He told the House of Assembly during a presentation on the Department of Statistics that if its response times had slowed ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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Graduates will be able to apply for the latest round of Government's JumpStart intern programme next month.
Premier Ewart Brown told the House of Assembly that the Cabinet Office would advertise the third year of the scheme in April.
Seven interns ar...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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