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Staff walked off the job at Riddell’s Bay Golf and Country Club in protest at the dismissal of a colleague.
About ten employees demonstrated outside the club yesterday, for the second day in a row, carrying placards such as “Workers demand respect” a...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
*AYO MIGHT CLARIFY THE BIT IN BOLD AT THE END. IF NOT IT’S GOOD TO GO.
This is a continuation of the report on the Education Ministry budget debate in the House of Assembly on Wednesday evening. The first part of the debate was reported in yesterda...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief on Wednesday detailed the $11,500,000 overspend in his Ministry for the current fiscal year as he sought budget supplementary estimates approval from his colleagues.
Some $700,000 of that amount was for a p...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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The City of Hamilton faces its first election under the new rule of universal adult franchise next week.
Nominations for the post of Alderman can be made on March 13.
The post was held by Deputy Mayor Glen Smith, who announced last month that he was ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government has overspent its Financial Assistance budget this year by $12,315,000 due to the increased costs and growing client base, Families Minister Glenn Blakeney told the House on Wednesday.
The Minister outlined measures taken to contain costs ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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The reflection pool that has decorated the front of Hamilton’s City Hall for more than 50 years could soon disappear after the Corporation approved a plan to fill in the scenic spot.
What will be done with the area once the pool has been filled in ha...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislators agreed to extend a passenger cabin tax waiver for cruise ships docking in Hamilton and St George.
Cabin tax will continue to be collected at Dockyard where most of the cruise ships arrive, Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox said in he...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Last year’s police pay award caused the Ministry of Labour, Home Affairs and Housing to overspend by $2.3 million, according to supplementary estimates tabled in the House of Assembly.
Government gave officers a retroactive 1.8 percent pay increase o...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The former manager of a civil servant accused of defrauding Government told a jury yesterday he had “no recollection” of permitting two TV sets at the centre of the case to be taken to the civil servant’s home.
Kyril Burrows, who worked as a building...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Police were called to the SPCA when a man who had been accused of dog cruelty “stormed into the dog kennels” in a bid to take the animal back.
Kurt Dowling was cleared in court on February 27 of neglecting Venom the pit bull, who was found by the SPC...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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Other
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