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Electronic software taken up by Government last November has resulted in speedier payments to vendors, according to Junior Finance Minister David Burt.
Government sent out 47,451 payments between March 1 and May 31 this year, Senator Burt told the Up...
DATE: Jul 19, 2012
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A “gap in the system” pointed out by Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner has been amended by the Senate.
Attorney General Kim Wilson joked that her presentation of the Bail Amendment Act, 2012 “may perhaps be the shortest brief in history”, adding: “T...
DATE: Jul 19, 2012
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Pledging to take aim at gang leaders and stamp out “the terrorists in our midst”, the Senate approved get-tough legislation aspiring to eliminate gang activity by the end of 2015.
The Criminal Code Amendment Act 2012 also represents “the first time w...
DATE: Jul 19, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party is to hold a public meeting aimed at strengthening the community.
Government Ministers and representatives from various helping agencies will speak tonight at the 7.30pm forum at Devonshire Recreation Club.
Families Minis...
DATE: Jul 19, 2012
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Politics
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Opposition MP Louise Jackson last night urged Bermuda Hospitals Board to explain why its chief of staff was on administrative leave.
Dr Donald Thomas, who joined BHB in 2007, was placed on leave on Thursday, as revealed in Saturday's edition of The R...
DATE: Jul 17, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Transport Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin mocked Transport Minister Walter Roban for blaming the poor state of Bermuda’s ferries on salty water.
“The last I knew Bermuda is in the Atlantic, in a salty ocean,” the Paget West MP told the House ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Campaigners praised Families Minister Glenn Blakeney for breaking a six-year deadlock over debate on sexual orientation in the House of Assembly.
And they urged the Minister to press forward with legislation to reflect MPs’ desire to outlaw discrimin...
DATE: Jul 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Airport paperwork will be cut next month for guest workers, according to National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief.
Starting August 1, permanent residency holders and residents with work permits will no longer fill out the pink Immigration Arrival...
DATE: Jul 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Backbencher Terry Lister warned Bermuda’s children could be “cut off at the knees” as MPs passed amendments relaxing the 60-40 rule on foreign ownership.
The former Cabinet Minister said the law change — designed to help local companies attract forei...
DATE: Jul 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
MPs debated a take note motion on a proposed Equality Act in the House of Assembly on Friday night, among the issues raised was the need to give homosexuals protection against discrimination. The take note motion was brought to the House by Families ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
