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A five percent pay cut agreed by parliamentarians a year ago to appease angry unions has been ditched by the One Bermuda Alliance.
Premier Craig Cannonier insisted last night Government was “prohibited from opting to keep the reduced salaries” in pla...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Declaration comes as $100 million in supplementary budget estimates are presented to Parliament
By Ayo Johnson
Finance Minister Bob Richards tabled close to $100 million of supplementary budget estimates in the House of Assembly yesterday.
But the ne...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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A rethink on the status of the municipalities is on the cards for the Opposition Progressive Labour Party.
As Government, the PLP pushed through what some considered radical reform of the municipalities. But there was always a school of thought which...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Bermuda College is looking to “internationalise” the campus with a cultural exchange programme.
Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons told the House of Assembly that cultural exchange programmes will be introduced and the College will also “inv...
DATE: Mar 13, 2013
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Education
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Opposition MPs yesterday called on Government to reverse course on its scholarship funding.
Speaking for the Education Minister in the budget debate, Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons said that Government has decided to restrict the annual...
DATE: Mar 12, 2013
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A group of Bermuda schoolchildren yesterday visited the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The trip to the two-day convention was organised by the Global Arts Foundation. The children witnessed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon make an opening ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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An expanded work experience programme and a hall of achievement highlighting alumni success stories are among the proposals for the coming year.
And Mr Francis yesterday vowed that 85 percent of the class of 2014 would graduate with honours as a resu...
DATE: Mar 07, 2013
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
By Ayo Johnson
Televised proceedings of House of Assembly deliberations, more use of committees and additional resources for parliamentarians are on Randolph Horton’s wish list before he makes an exit from the legislature.
In his first interview sinc...
DATE: Mar 07, 2013
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The Opposition Progressive Labour Party yesterday called for a bipartisan approach to Immigration reform but insisted that granting status to permanent residents would be unacceptable.
In his inaugural Reply to the Budget Statement, Shadow Finance Mi...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members of the House of Assembly,
It is a distinct honour to reply to the Budget Statement on behalf of the Opposition Progressive Labour Party. I am humbled to follow parliamentary giants like the late Honourable C. Eugene...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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