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Allowing hard-up tenants facing “imminent” eviction to tap into their pensions to pay off rent arrears is a “sensible” plan, according to Premier Paula Cox.
The Finance Minister told the House of Assembly the current economic crisis was continuing to...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The unemployed are to be given jobs cleaning up the Railway Trail in the hope that it will encourage more Bermudians to consider future careers in landscaping.
The Department of Parks is to provide out-of-work men and women with the horticultural sk...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda is suffering its most difficult economic period in at least half a century, according to Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley.
The One Bermuda Alliance politician, 53, told the Upper Chamber during a debate on poverty on Wednesday that he...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
VSB has asked Health Minister Zane DeSilva to retract comments he made in the House of Assembly about the radio station's coverage of the pharmaceuticals controversy.
Mr DeSilva delivered a ministerial statement on Friday in response to news stories ...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Householders will be banned from putting out their trash any earlier than 7.30pm on evenings before collection, under new regulations announced by Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess.
He told the House of Assembly that Government was taking a number of st...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A majority of voters disapprove of the way Premier Paula Cox is running the country, according to a new poll.
Fifty-one percent of people responding to the Mindmaps survey, carried out between June 26 and July 3, gave a negative rating of her perform...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Former Premier Ewart Brown will not be using his new healthcare company to import drugs to Bermuda from previously restricted countries, according to Cabinet Minister Zane DeSilva.
Mr DeSilva told the House of Assembly there was no connection between...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ex-Opposition Leader Kim Swan yesterday urged Government to “take ownership” for the state of the economy, in a speech which earned him loud support from former party colleagues.
Mr Swan claimed the Progressive Labour Party failed to heed warnings ab...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
One Bermuda Alliance MPs will give cautious support today to a change in the law to allow people to tap into their pension funds to avoid being evicted from their homes for non-payment of rent.
The amendment was tabled in the House of Assembly last w...
DATE: Jul 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Pharmacists and doctors have raised fears that dangerous counterfeit drugs could make their way into Bermuda under new rules coming into effect tomorrow.
An order made by Health Minister Zane DeSilva in a bid to drive down healthcare costs will allow...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
