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Premier and Minister of Tourism Ewart Brown has detailed plans to help the tourism industry weather the economic woes predicted for 2009/10.
Summarising the department's $32.4 million budget for the year in the House of Assembly, Dr. Brown acknowledg...
DATE: Mar 07, 2009
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Government spending is "totally out of control" said Opposition Finance spokesman Bob Richards as it confessed to an extra $40 million blown this financial year.
Figures released yesterday show another $14.4 million in current account spending which,...
DATE: Mar 05, 2009
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A one stop career centre will be open next week to help people find jobs, according to Junior Labour Minister Walter Roban.
Mr. Roban listed the measure among a number of tactics aimed at helping Bermudian job-seekers through the tough economic times...
DATE: Mar 05, 2009
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New powers are proposed for a team of roving accountants to root out inefficiency within Government.
Premier Ewart Brown said Cabinet was reviewing a paper urging legislation to give the internal audit unit, now under Cabinet Office, the "teeth, reso...
DATE: Mar 05, 2009
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Members of the Baha'i faith community and others have held a special prayer service to call for an end to escalating violence against Baha'is in Iran.
In addition to limitations on civil liberties such as the right to higher education, the recognitio...
DATE: Mar 05, 2009
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Cash seized from criminals will be used to educate the public about drugs and help rehabilitate addicts, under a Bill read by Finance Minister Paula Cox yesterday.
The Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act 2009 releases money from the Confiscated Assets Fu...
DATE: Mar 05, 2009
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Tim Smith
MPs have approved legislation which will allow Government to increase its overdraft from $15 million to more than $110 million this year.
The Temporary Loans Amendment Act 2009 was passed in the House of Assembly on Monday evening and will enable Gov...
DATE: Mar 04, 2009
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It costs almost four times as much to keep a prisoner at Westgate as to educate a child, Opposition MP Patricia Gordon-Pamplin claimed in Parliament this week.
The Shadow Works and Engineering Minister said a way of deploying resources more effective...
DATE: Mar 04, 2009
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A new website has been launched by Bermuda Autism Support and Education (BASE) to help families and promote awareness about the disorder.
Visitors to the website www.bermudaautism.org will find common autism symptoms and information about the service...
DATE: Mar 02, 2009
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Lord Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick is the global head of Citizenship and Diversity with KPMG. He is a former journalist and Commissioner of the Commission for Racial Equality, and has advised the UK Government on race and urban policy as a Downing ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2009
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