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The Society for the Protection of Animals has launched a public appeal for information after a spate of dog carcass discoveries.
In the last 50 days four dead animals — one of which had been decapitated — have been found at different locations across...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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Michael Dunkley vowed that a new financial instruction training programme would help to “restore a culture of compliance within the Civil Service”.
Speaking during Monday’s sitting of Parliament, the Premier said that the programme — created by the C...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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Bermuda’s Washington, DC office is being phased out in a switch from a “bricks and mortar presence” to greater use of lobbying, Michael Dunkley told legislators.
While delivering the Budget brief for Cabinet, the Premier noted that an allocation of $...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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Four highly paid civil servants who came under fire from the Commission of Inquiry were silent yesterday on the panel’s recommendation for an “urgent review” into their abilities.
Derrick Binns, Cherie Whitter, Marc Telemaque and Anthony Manders — al...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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Sam Strangeways
Guidelines are set to be put in place for the government’s watchdog of fairness over public contracts, nearly six years after it was formally established.
Michael Dunkley told Parliament that $773,000 has been set aside in the 2017/18 fiscal year for...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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Local artist Nicky Gurret, a global veteran of flower shows, is soon to head back to the world’s ultimate event, where she aims to top her past achievements.
“I’ve got bronze, I have got silver, but I would love to get gold,” Ms Gurret said of the Ch...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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The Progressive Labour Party fiercely attacked the Government’s handling of the Commission of Inquiry report, accusing the Premier of disrespecting the House of Assembly.
Opening the debate on Motion to Adjourn on Monday, Walter Roban, the Deputy Lea...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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More than $1 million is expected to have been spent on establishing and running the Commission of Inquiry, according to financial data included in its report this week.
The Commission’s budget is expected to total $1,068,121 when everything has been ...
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One Bermuda Alliance senator Vic Ball has conceded that “it would have served the process better” had he declared a conflict of interest when recommending a $1.4 million project to a company half-owned by his father.
Mr Ball was speaking to The Roya...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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Feed My Lambs Ministry has been given a $3,000 boost by former travel and social group Bon Vivants.
The money will be split between the charity’s dental clinic and medical clinic at the compound it runs in Montrouis, Haiti.
“We’re very, very gratef...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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