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Cuts and falling benefits could severely impact the Island’s seniors if included in today’s Budget, according to Age Concern.
Chairperson of Age Concern’s advocacy committee Charles Jeffers said: “At a time when many seniors are suffering from the ef...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A senior Opposition MP has said “stay tuned” after being asked why his party had not filed a criminal complaint against the Premier in relation to allegations of bribery made in the House of Assembly.
At a press conference Progressive Labour Party de...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell is being urged to ensure that a promised overhaul of the taxi industry is implemented ahead of the busy summer season.
And taxi bosses have also presented a wishlist of further improvements in order to “move the ind...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
CedarBridge Academy will be transformed into “shopping and informational arena” for the 12th Annual Coldwell Banker Home Show.
Coldwell Banker Bermuda Realty have teamed up with the Centre on Philanthropy to fill the halls and classrooms with new pro...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Premier Craig Cannonier has confirmed he will be responsible for funding his legal action against two Opposition MPs.
Taxpayers were set to foot the bill after Mr Cannonier filed defamation writs against Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean and ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A ma n who sexually assaulted a woman and held her at knifepoint was yesterday jailed for five years.
Randall O’Brian King Jr, 35, pleaded guilty last year to depriving a woman of liberty, sexually assaulting her and having a knife in a public place ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Civil Service must be cut after the coming fiscal year, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned as he outlined the advantages of mutualisation or privatisation.
Staff lay-offs will be inevitable unless “non-core functions” are outsourced after 2014/...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The newly formed Bermuda Tourism Authority has been handed a $23.1 million Government grant to fund tourism initiatives in the coming year.
That figure is $4.2 million — or 15 percent — less than the $27.3 million allocated to Government’s Bermuda De...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Power firm BELCO’s monopoly on energy supply will be broken, Finance Minister Bob Richards said in his Budget speech.
Mr Richards said the firm’s lack of competition was a contributing factor to the Island’s failure to climb out of the recession.
But...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Soaring healthcare costs threaten to bankrupt Government unless the One Bermuda Alliance can put the brakes on “a runaway fast car”, Finance Minister Bob Richards said today.
The Minister warned an ageing population is putting increasing demands on h...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
