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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards last night attacked Government for failing to anticipate problems with the economy.
Mr. Richards was speaking after Finance Minister Paula Cox reduced her 2008 growth forecast in the light of increasing inflation,...
DATE: Jul 21, 2008
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Poverty campaigner Sheelagh Cooper has called for a national conversation on wage guidelines to help the Island's poorest people out of their "despair".
Mrs. Cooper said Government's long-awaited Low Income Thresholds study was a step in the right di...
DATE: Jul 21, 2008
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As the world celebrated Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday yesterday, Bermuda recognised the efforts of some of its own local heroes who fought against the odds for social justice.
Glenn Fubler — Imagine 2009 co-chair and a major player in Bermuda's anti...
DATE: Jul 19, 2008
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Angry union bosses vowed to "give Government war" and called for the whole of Cabinet to resign over the outsourcing of Bermudian jobs.
Ed Ball and Armell Thomas said a claim that Bermudians kicked out of the New York tourism office were finding jobs...
DATE: Jul 18, 2008
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Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley yesterday warned Government's "disrespect" for overseas tourism staff could come back to haunt it as it tries to recruit top quality civil servants.
Sen. Dunkley said Premier Ewart Brown's controversial move t...
DATE: Jul 17, 2008
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Union bosses were unable to explore alternatives to Bermudian redundancies in New York because Government failed to hold formal talks with the Civil Service, union boss Ed Ball said yesterday.
Mr. Ball said Government broke its agreement with the uni...
DATE: Jul 16, 2008
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A teenager accused of having sex with an 11-year-old girl told a court he had merely spent the evening in question playing on his computer, eating pizza and kicking a ball against a wall.
The defendant, 'Mr. A', said he had no idea what was going on ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2008
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Confidential Police files at the centre of the Bermuda Housing Corporation row were left unattended in an unsecured public throughway for up to six weeks before being leaked, according to the Auditor General.
Larry Dennis says the dossiers — handed t...
DATE: Jul 12, 2008
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People in the private sector would face being fired if they acted like some within Government, says Auditor General Larry Dennis.
And Mr. Dennis recommends written warnings, penalties or even dismissals of leading figures who fail in their duties as ...
DATE: Jul 12, 2008
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Premier Ewart Brown yesterday insisted it was in the best interests of the country to kick devastated Bermudians out of the New York tourism office.
Responding to uproar from long-serving Bermudians set to be replaced by Americans, the Premier and To...
DATE: Jul 12, 2008
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