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A strategic plan for public service reform came into effect today after being approved by Cabinet.
Cherie Whitter, the Deputy Head of the Public Service, has given up her duties as Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office, and will work full time o...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A strategic plan for public service reform came into effect today after being approved by Cabinet.
Cherie Whitter, the Deputy Head of the Public Service, has given up her duties as Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office, and will work full time o...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A strategic plan for public service reform came into effect today after being approved by Cabinet.
Cherie Whitter, the Deputy Head of the Public Service, has given up her duties as Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office, and will work full time o...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A manual will be produced to make the Public Accounts Committee more effective and improve public awareness of its role.
It comes after Stephen McGinness, the Clerk of the House of Commons’ PAC, visited the island for two weeks to offer insight to th...
DATE: Feb 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The courts made the right decision yesterday when it ruled against the Government in a row over all-terrain vehicle tours in sensitive areas, the head of the environmental charity that brought the case said last night.
Kim Smith, the executive direct...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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Politics
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Bermuda will fight a recommendation to the House of Commons that British residents on the island should get to vote, the Premier vowed yesterday.
David Burt said the proposal was a “tone-deaf” idea that ignored the history of voting rights in Bermuda...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Progressive Labour Party faced discord among its own supporters over fears that Bermudian families are being left out in the cold, political sources claimed.
David Burt, the Premier, and Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, were thought to ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Bill designed to address gaps in the Mental Health Act of 1968 was passed on Friday.
The Bill for the Mental Health Amendment Act 2018 was approved after MPs from both sides said they welcomed proposed changes to improve care for mental health pati...
DATE: Feb 18, 2019
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Politics
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MPs donated their DNA to help medical science.
Carika Weldon, a Bermudian scientist at Oxford University in Britain, was at the House of Assembly last Friday to collect DNA samples as part of a study into genetic factors that led to diabetes.
The pro...
DATE: Feb 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Four of five new trash trucks suffered minor damage during offloading but are expected to be in use this month.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, Minister of Public Works, shared the news in his ministerial statement during Friday’s return to Parliamen...
DATE: Feb 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan