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MPs last night approved more than $160 million in government overspends since 2002.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards lambasted Government for taking so long to bring the supplementary estimates to the House of Assembly.
“Why is that we are in Mar...
DATE: Mar 29, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The salaries of MPs and Senators are unlikely to be increased any time soon, Premier Paula Cox has revealed.
But the Finance Minister would not say whether she will recommend to Cabinet that it order a review of the amount paid to parliamentarians, i...
DATE: Mar 25, 2011
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Politics
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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
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Politics
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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
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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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
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Junior Finance Minister David Burt suggested yesterday that Government should consider privatising some of its services in order to inject “much needed innovation” into the economy. He told the Senate that candidates for privatisation could include p...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition MP Charlie Swan is proposing a state lottery to fund charities and other community groups.
The Shadow Transport Minister said in the House of Assembly this week that such a scheme could generate funding for youth, sports and arts organisat...
DATE: Mar 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government has drastically reduced the amount of road resurfacing it aims to do each year, according to Opposition MP Grant Gibbons.
He raised concerns in the House of Assembly after Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess said the highways section of ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government backbencher Dale Butler revealed yesterday it was “very painful” for him to vote for a Special Development Order (SDO) for Rosewood Tucker’s Point in the House of Assembly.
But he admitted he did so knowing a general election is likely in ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
One of Bermuda’s best-known entertainers became the subject of a heated spat in the House of Assembly this week.
MPs heard on Wednesday that Gene Steede, 70, who was inducted into Bermuda Music Hall of Fame in 2009, would be performing on a tour orga...
DATE: Mar 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
