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Staff walked off the job at Riddell’s Bay Golf and Country Club in protest at the dismissal of a colleague.
About ten employees demonstrated outside the club yesterday, for the second day in a row, carrying placards such as “Workers demand respect” a...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
*AYO MIGHT CLARIFY THE BIT IN BOLD AT THE END. IF NOT IT’S GOOD TO GO.
This is a continuation of the report on the Education Ministry budget debate in the House of Assembly on Wednesday evening. The first part of the debate was reported in yesterda...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief on Wednesday detailed the $11,500,000 overspend in his Ministry for the current fiscal year as he sought budget supplementary estimates approval from his colleagues.
Some $700,000 of that amount was for a p...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Government has overspent its Financial Assistance budget this year by $12,315,000 due to the increased costs and growing client base, Families Minister Glenn Blakeney told the House on Wednesday.
The Minister outlined measures taken to contain costs ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Legislators agreed to extend a passenger cabin tax waiver for cruise ships docking in Hamilton and St George.
Cabin tax will continue to be collected at Dockyard where most of the cruise ships arrive, Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox said in he...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Last year’s police pay award caused the Ministry of Labour, Home Affairs and Housing to overspend by $2.3 million, according to supplementary estimates tabled in the House of Assembly.
Government gave officers a retroactive 1.8 percent pay increase o...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda’s lawmakers have raised the Island’s debt ceiling from $1.25 billion to $1.45 billion, over the objections of Opposition MPs.
Premier Paula Cox had signalled her intention to raise the statutory debt limit in her Budget Statement.
She defende...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Bermuda's lawmakers last night raised the debt ceiling to $1.45 billion, over the objections of the Opposition MPs, from $1.25 billion.
Premier Paula Cox had signalled her intention to raise the statutory debt limit in her Budget Statement.
She defen...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Private planes and yachts coming into Bermuda will face a more robust regime to ensure they are free of contraband, National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief told a town hall meeting last night.
The Minister admitted to around 40 people in attendan...
DATE: Mar 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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This year’s police budget of more than $68 million won’t be enough to get the service up to full strength, Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards complained yesterday.
In his reply to the Budget, the One Bermuda Alliance MP said the Island’s gang probl...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
