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Public Works staff today agreed to overtime cuts — provided Government trims its spending from the top down.
Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert told a press conference Government could save $1.5 million a year if Public Works employees ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Economy Minister Kim Wilson today said up-to-date jobs figures are not available as Government awaits the completion of the 2010 census.
But Senator Wilson said the 4.5 percent unemployment statistic from last year will have likely increased given an...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Civil servants were offered a 1.25 percent pay rise yesterday but didn't accept it when they were told it would mean temporary staff being let go.
They agreed to defer a decision until after next month's Budget after the Finance Ministry painted a gr...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Police look set to be given powers to breathalyse motorists on the spot as part of Government's imminent crackdown on drunk drivers.
New Road Safety Council chairman Wayne Perinchief, a former leading policeman, believes officers are reluctant to pur...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Television viewers were complaining they were still without two major channels yesterday days after being told normal service would be resumed.
People without CableVision said ZBM channel 7 and ZFB channel 9 remained down, following damage from light...
DATE: Jan 11, 2011
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Residents are continuing to complain about trash pile-ups as Government remains silent on the condition of its malfunctioning garbage trucks.
People from the East end, Warwick, Pembroke, Somerset and Devonshire have contacted The Royal Gazette to say...
DATE: Jan 10, 2011
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Bermuda has lost up to 3,000 jobs over the past two years with many more likely to follow in 2011, according to Bermuda Employers’ Council.
The worst hit industry construction, which has an estimated 2,000 unemployed workers has seen new work orders ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2011
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Business leader Michelle Khaldun has been appointed Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Business Development and Tourism.
Ms Khaldun, the general manager of Bermuda Small Business Development Corporation and a former Education Permanent Secretary...
DATE: Jan 08, 2011
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Ianthia Wade has replaced Arthur Hodgson as chairwoman of the Sustainable Development Roundtable.
The appointment of the widow of former Progressive Labour Party leader Frederick Wade was one of a number of changes to Government boards and quangos an...
DATE: Jan 08, 2011
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Campaigners want drunk drivers to be forced to take an educational course about the perils of alcohol.
Fiona Elkinson, of Bermuda Professional Counselling Services, says currently only about 20 percent of offenders take advantage of Government’s volu...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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