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The deadline for applications for education ministry scholarships and awards has been extended to April 5.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education and Workforce Development, said the move would give students “more time during their school break to ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2018
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Three drug treatment programmes have been awarded international accreditation, the Minister of Social Development and Sport said yesterday.
Michael Weeks told Parliament that the Women’s Treatment Centre, the Men’s Treatment Centre and Turning Point ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2018
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Officer promotions will help prevent an “executive vacuum” in the Bermuda Police Service, the minister in charge of the portfolio said.
Wayne Caines, Minister of National Security, said that advancements would be made this financial year to position...
DATE: Mar 14, 2018
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“Initial meetings” have been held on a government campaign promise to phase out Bermuda’s middle schools.
Diallo Rabain, Minister of Education, said that the meetings had been held with “technical officers to discuss the most effective approach for ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2018
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A top-level shake-up of the Civil Service is to cost taxpayers an extra $40,000, Lovitta Foggo told Parliament yesterday.
The government reform minister said the increase was because the post of Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service had bee...
DATE: Mar 13, 2018
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The lawsuit undertaken by the former One Bermuda Alliance government put Bermuda’s treaty relationship with the United States at risk, the Speaker of the House said on Friday night.
Denis Lister said: “Our treaty relationship was in threat, based on...
DATE: Mar 12, 2018
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The cost of the Bermuda Government’s lawsuit against American-based medical group Lahey could reach $4 million, a former attorney-general has warned.
Progressive Labour Party MP Michael Scott, a lawyer with legal practice Browne, Scott, told Parliam...
DATE: Mar 12, 2018
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Shadow Attorney-General Trevor Moniz was kicked out of the House of Assembly last night amid a row over files regarding the Bermuda Government’s lawsuit against the Lahey Clinic.
He was told to leave after he repeatedly accused national security mini...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden questioned during the Budget debate of finance why government staff could not draw cash from the Contributory Pension Fund in times of hardship.
David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said his government h...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Three pieces of legislation were passed without objection in the House of Assembly this week.
Members of Parliament approved the Companies and Partnerships (Fees) Act 2018, the Motor Car Amendment Act 2018 and the Auxiliary Bicycles Amendment Act 20...
DATE: Mar 10, 2018
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