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Thirty-two young people have been placed in on-the-job training under Government’s National Certification and Apprenticeship Programme.
Junior Economy Minister Ashfield DeVent told the House of Assembly the initiative would give participants the chan...
DATE: Mar 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A 17-year-old motorcyclist was last night in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash on North Shore Road.
The teenager, from St George’s, was hurt in a three-vehicle accident involving a car and another motorcycle near Shelly Bay, Hamil...
DATE: Mar 15, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox promised a tighter rein on finances after the United Bermuda Party laid into repeated overspending at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
On Friday night, MPs approved overspends of $39.9 million in the Finance and Health Ministries ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Armell Thomas didn’t exactly give Government an easy ride in his six years as Bermuda Public Services Union president.
Mr Thomas argues the Country’s leader for the bulk of his term didn’t go out of his way to make his life straightforward either.
St...
DATE: Mar 14, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
St George’s West MP Kim Swan has railed against the axing of the East End morning ferry service.
The United Bermuda Party leader complained St George’s residents should be encouraged to use public transport reducing the number of cars on the roads in...
DATE: Mar 14, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former Premier Sir John Swan yesterday urged Senators to back the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO as environmentalists stepped up their campaign against the project.
The former United Bermuda Party leader whose party opposed the Special Development Order...
DATE: Mar 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Democratic Alliance MP Donte Hunt last night bemoaned the “terrible travesty” of budget cuts in family services as Bermuda grapples with escalating social problems.
And Mr Hunt said civil servants face a massive challenge to fulfil Government...
DATE: Mar 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Money police seize from drug criminals should be ploughed straight back into rehabilitating addicts, Government MP Wayne Perinchief said yesterday.
Mr Perinchief told the House of Assembly he was concerned those funds were instead being directed towa...
DATE: Mar 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said taxpayers will benefit from a new system ensuring Government contracts are handled correctly.
Premier Paula Cox set up the Procurement Office following numerous complaints about the tendering process...
DATE: Mar 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Union leaders reaped “dire consequences” for the Island by winning inflated pay increases for workers, Bermuda Trade Union Congress past president Maynard Dill conceded yesterday.
Mr Dill said unions had been guilty of naive mistakes and a lack of un...
DATE: Mar 11, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
