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The Government will promote “a system of greater fairness and equity” through its new Cabinet Committee on Social Development, the Premier announced Friday.
David Burt gave the House of Assembly details on the group, which has been tasked with a focu...
DATE: May 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier said he wanted to end controversy over the appointment of consultants and advisers to ministers as he tabled legal amendments in the House of Assembly Friday.
David Burt said the Government will be required to publish all appointments and...
DATE: May 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Wayne Caines, the national security minister, has given the public extra time to comment on work-permit policy.
Mr Caines told the House of Assembly Friday that policies would be changed to seek “the right balance between the legitimate expectations ...
DATE: May 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s Civil Service has been hampered by an “overly bureaucratic environment with a weak execution model”, according to David Burt.
The Premier was updating MPs Friday on the tabling of the strategic plan for government reform, which will call up...
DATE: May 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
European Union finance ministers removed Bermuda from a blacklist of noncooperative tax jurisdictions yesterday.
Representatives of the 28 EU countries struck Bermuda from Annex I of the EU list — the “blacklist” — and put the island in Annex II of t...
DATE: May 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Repairs to a cruise ship terminal in Dockyard were completed ahead of schedule, the House of Assembly said yesterday.
King’s Wharf was refurbished before the April 10 deadline that marked the start of the cruise ship season.
Failure to finish on time...
DATE: May 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A controversial Bill to change how Bermuda’s hospital is funded was passed last night.
The Government is to pay an annual grant to the Bermuda Hospitals Board, capped at $330 million for the coming year, to replace the existing fee-for-service arran...
DATE: May 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The Speaker of the House of Assembly admitted last night that he was perhaps wrong to allow comments from a Progressive Labour Party backbencher, who claimed that Bermuda’s longest-serving premier “tap-danced” for the “most reactionary and racist ele...
DATE: May 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The introduction of speed cameras and a reduction in the use of fossil fuels were among the recommendations in a Green Paper on Transportation tabled yesterday in the House of Assembly.
Zane DeSilva, the transport minister, said other suggestions inc...
DATE: May 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt, the Premier, is to announce the formation of a Cabinet Committee on Social Issues today in the House of Assembly.
The group, which first met in February, has been tasked with looking at issues ranging from the living wage, extending paid ...
DATE: May 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell