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Independent MP Terry Lister has called for the creation of a price control board to limit the increasing cost of essential foods.
Mr Lister said that while the recently announced weekly ten percent discount at several of the Island’s supermarkets had...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of visitors to the Island dropped by more than seven percent in the third quarter of the year.
But Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell pointed out that the decline was the result of fewer cruise ships calling on Bermuda compared to the same t...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
Government has defended both its past record and agenda for the coming year, arguing that it was making “tough decisions” for the benefit of all Bermudians.
But last night Opposition MPs disputed that claim, alleging that the One Bermuda Alliance was...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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“The next chapter starts now” for Cedarbridge graduate Javone Rogers as he was called to the Bermuda Bar yesterday.
“[I am looking ahead] with excitement, because this is what I’ve been studying for,” said the 27-year-old. “Everything I’ve done up un...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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The size of Parliament should be slashed, the SAGE Commission has recommended.
And the SAGE Commission said the Civil Service suffered from weak leadership — and called for poor performers to be fired, early retirement schemes and pay cuts, with the ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Sick days by Government workers cost more than $10 million a year, statistics in a new report on Government efficiency have revealed.
Bermuda public servants take an average of eight days off sick every year — nearly 42,000 days in total.
The SAGE Co...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda should have just three Post Offices in a bid to stem losses predicted to amount to $134 million over the next decade.
And the SAGE Commission said direct delivery to homes and businesses should end, with people picking up their mail at centra...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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The Island’s Civil Service needs urgent reform to cuts costs and boost performance, a major report into Government spending said yesterday.
And the 140-page SAGE report recommended the need for a strategic plan, while saying other parts of the public...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute should be shut down and the site sold off, a commission into Government agency has recommended.
The SAGE Commission said upgrading the Devonshire psychiatric hospital would cost around $40 million — and that the ho...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
There will be a “slight delay” in the move into the new acute care wing at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, according to Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin.
The Minister told MPs yesterday that the Bermuda Hospitals Board would give more detai...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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