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Bermuda’s parents are desperate for Government’s Job Corps programme to help put their children on the right path, Economy Minister Patrice Minors told a meeting last night.
Mrs Minors said the initiative — designed to give young people the skills to...
DATE: Nov 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
And Mr Dunstan urged potential workers to make sure they help themselves as he revealed half didn’t even turn up for interviews as part of a programme to find jobs for masons.
Mr Dunstan, the Construction Association of Bermuda president, said there ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government workers are meeting tomorrow to discuss their long-awaited plans for a wage cut and pension freeze.
Talks are still rumbling on four months after a deal was agreed in principle aimed at saving Government tens of millions of dollars.
It’s u...
DATE: Jun 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Senators clashed over Government’s soaring debt once more as the Budget debate came to an end last night.
One Bermuda Alliance Senators Michael Dunkley and Michael Fahy criticised Government for treating the Sinking Fund as a piggy bank, mismanaging ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Opposition MP Mark Pettingill claimed the public has no idea how police money is being spent because the National Security budget has been “farcically” laid out.
The One Bermuda Alliance politician complained that, unlike in previous years, the Budge...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Hospital fees will be raised by two percent to generate an extra $4.8 million over the next fiscal year.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva said one percent of the increase is for inflation and the other one percent is because of the new hospital construct...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Monetary Authority fees for special purpose insurers will be cut by almost 50 percent under legislation approved by the House of Assembly.
Registration fees will be reduced from $11,600 to $6,000 in an attempt to make it more attractive for t...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Industrial action has ended at Riddell’s Bay Golf and Country Club after the dismissal of a staff member was sent to arbitration.
Colleagues protested outside the club on Wednesday and Thursday last week, following the termination of food and beverag...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Staff walked off the job at Riddell’s Bay Golf and Country Club in protest at the dismissal of a colleague.
About ten employees demonstrated outside the club yesterday, for the second day in a row, carrying placards such as “Workers demand respect” a...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Last year’s police pay award caused the Ministry of Labour, Home Affairs and Housing to overspend by $2.3 million, according to supplementary estimates tabled in the House of Assembly.
Government gave officers a retroactive 1.8 percent pay increase o...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
