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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
There is nothing “shocking” about Bermuda’s teenagers planning to launch their careers overseas, according to Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith.
She told the House of Assembly she would expect the majority of young people at school abroad to sta...
DATE: Mar 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
MPs yesterday hammered the final nail into the coffin of the property vote, abolishing the right of business owners to cast a ballot in municipal elections.
An order allowing only residents to vote in elections held by the Corporation of Hamilton and...
DATE: Mar 26, 2011
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Other
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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
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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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
Free tuition at Bermuda College may be replaced with “discounted” tuition, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith revealed yesterday.
And such a change may not necessarily be a bad thing, according to Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons, who also...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards last night described an increase in fees for visitors seeking extended stays on the Island as “nonsensical” and a “throwback to an age of dinosaurs”.
He told the House of Assembly he couldn’t understand why Govern...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin last night asked Premier Paula Cox to name the Cabinet consultants who have had their services axed after “unnecessarily feeding at the trough”.
The Opposition MP applauded the fact that the Cabine...
DATE: Mar 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A reduction in spending on Cabinet Office departments in the coming fiscal year will not be as dramatic as Government would like us to believe, according to former Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons.
He told the House of Assembly last night that the 17 ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
