64 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Other" author Tim Smith
Public sector workers could be laid off this fiscal year, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned as he lamented the union leadership’s refusal to continue with furlough days.
Mr Richards said job losses could no longer be ruled out as Government trims ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2015
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The Civil Service must be cut after the coming fiscal year, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned as he outlined the advantages of mutualisation or privatisation.
Staff lay-offs will be inevitable unless “non-core functions” are outsourced after 2014/...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Ombudsman Arlene Brock warned Government not to interfere with her future decisions as she lamented the pressure she faced over her Tucker’s Point SDO probe.
Ms Brock said she was asked, advised, cajoled and urged to scrap her investigation during si...
DATE: Jun 30, 2012
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He may now be blind in one eye, but Governor George Fergusson hasn’t lost sight of the things that really matter as he settles into life in Bermuda.
Joking he would have preferred to view his new Island home with two eyes rather than one, he told The...
DATE: Jun 11, 2012
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It was red, white and blue all the way as Bermudians, expatriates and visitors celebrated the Diamond Jubilee over the weekend.
In London, five Bermuda Sea Cadets joined a diamond formation with 54 other cadet dinghies, in the nearly 10-mile pageant ...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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Young people were tonight urged to help form a new era of political integrity after generations of “rampant cronyism”.
Environment Minister Marc Bean told young Progressive Labour Party supporters he understands why many of them are disillusioned wit...
DATE: Dec 28, 2011
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Seventy percent of people are opposed to Independence, according to the latest poll from Mindmaps.
That represents a slight dip from 73 percent in the previous poll in January, with the number in favour increasing from 14 percent to 16 percent. Fourt...
DATE: Apr 25, 2011
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Politicians had a “dearth of data” while debating the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO, Ombudsman Arlene Brock stated yesterday.
Ms Brock revealed she has launched an investigation to see how much information should be made available ahead of any future S...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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The United Nations General Assembly has expressed its regret over Bermuda's lack of public meetings and Parliamentary debates on Independence.
The Assembly has adopted a resolution underlining the need for discussion on the issue, noting the Island's...
DATE: Jan 03, 2011
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Outgoing Premier Ewart Brown last night claimed there's an enemy within the Progressive Labour Party trying to destroy everything people have been trying to build.
In his final speech to the PLP, Dr. Brown lashed out at party members he says have bee...
DATE: Oct 28, 2010
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