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This is the continuation of coverage of Friday’s House of Assembly session in which Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards, of the One Bermuda Alliance, warned that the Island was ‘flirting with economic failure’. The first part of this report appeared...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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Tim Smith
Taxpayers spent nearly $400,000 on consultants to Premier Paula Cox’s departments in her first eight months as leader.
Advisers hired by the Cabinet Office make up the bulk of the sum, with former Minister Renee Webb, former Senator Walton Brown and ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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Tim Smith
Wholesaler Jim Butterfield likened the chances of a food price freeze to a visit to the moon as he asked for representation on the new Price Control Commission.
Mr Butterfield and Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards both accused Premier Paula Cox of...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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Legislation ensuring oversight for Bermuda’s public accountants is in line with European requirements passed through the House of Assembly yesterday.
The Bermuda Public Accountability Act makes those who audit the Island’s Public Interest Entities (P...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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Tim Smith
Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess was roundly praised for his summer student training initiative yesterday as MPs from all sides of the House of Assembly said it could help young people build better lives.
Kicking off a debate on his Public Works Minist...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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Tim Smith
Residents are increasingly reporting job losses as the Island continues to suffer at the hands of the economy.
Telecommunications, construction, international business and retail have taken a number of hits according to the latest poll by Mindmaps, w...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards will today urge Government to stop Bermuda from slowly dying by opening up the economy.
Mr Richards is to lead a House of Assembly debate on the economy, claiming Government has no real plans to rejuvenate it and ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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Tim Smith
St George’s residents were last night given hope their town’s untapped potential will finally bear fruit thanks to its new economic empowerment zone.
Bermuda Small Business Development Corporation (BSBDC) officials told a public meeting they’d comple...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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Bermuda’s former Deputy Governor Mark Capes has been appointed Governor of St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha.
Mr Capes, deputy to Governor Sir Richard Gozney and his predecessor Sir John Vereker from 2006 to 2009, brings to an end his ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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The administrative offices of Magistrates’ Court will shut early tomorrow for a private function.
They will close at 2pm, with the cashiers’ office providing limited services for a further hour. Normal hours will resume on Monday.
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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