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A rising number of people in need may mean Government has to spend more than budgeted for on financial aid, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
Bermuda Democratic Alliance MP Shawn Crockwell suggested a decrease of more than $1 million in the Depa...
DATE: Mar 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Accounting firm KPMG helped design the Government’s Procurement Office, Premier Paula Cox told the House of Assembly yesterday.
Ms Cox gave a four-hour brief on the Finance Ministry and said focusing on the process and compliance of how Government m...
DATE: Mar 15, 2011
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Budget
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The Transport Control Department will cut salary spending by $230,000 in the next financial year, according to Transport Minister Terry Lister.
Speaking at the House of Assembly, he said salaries and wages were set to make up more than $3 million, a...
DATE: Mar 14, 2011
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Budget
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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
The Department of Public Transport is increasing bus service on weeknights and Sundays, according to Transport Minister Terry Lister.
He also told the House of Assembly the department would decrease the amount of staff overtime and was expected to h...
DATE: Mar 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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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
The clean-up of pollution at Morgan’s Point will not go ahead in the coming financial year and the Causeway will not be replaced, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess told MPs there was no money available for e...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
MPs reignited their fight over the Corporation of Hamilton last night as they approved legislation allowing Government to collect wharfage fees formerly levied by the municipality.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards said he was struggling to see wh...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Democratic Alliance MP Mark Pettingill clashed with Attorney General Michael Scott as MPs rowed over sweeping cuts to the Justice budget.
Mr Pettingill complained it was illogical for funding on rehabilitation projects to go down while recidi...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Law Reform Commission will be fully operational by April 1, Justice Minister Michael Scott announced yesterday.
MPs passed the Law Reform Commission Act in June 2009, but former Justice Minister Kim Wilson blamed an upsurge in violent crime for d...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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