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The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has harshly criticised Government over its latest financial results.
And it has charged that a proposal to public sector workers to freeze pension contributions in exchange for a pay cut is a strategy to avoid rais...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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Government is pulling out all the stops to ensure buses are up to par for another bumper cruise ship season.
The committment comes after Bermuda made international news headlines last year when angry cruise ship passengers were left stranded without ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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The golf courses at St George’s and Horizons should be re-opened and restored to help promote the Island as a golfing destination, according to Kim Swan.
Mr Swan, who was elected as a UBP MP, said Bermuda has invested a great deal upgrading its go...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards has again criticised Government’s handling of the economy saying budgeted expectations were “not even close” to actual figures.
Last week, Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews issued a qualified opinion on the ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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Government fought back at suggestions by the One Bermuda Alliance that its work permits moratorium policy is “counter-intuitive”.
A statement by Economy Minister Patrice Minors on efforts to get Bermudians employed in the construction industry was su...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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Government has moved on its promise to start a training programme for kitchen porters which addresses some industry concerns regarding quality of prospective employees.
A total of 60 people will be initially selected to join the programme, Economy Mi...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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Bermuda cannot sustain the current level of debt it is accumulating, according to opposition MP Kim Swan.
Mr Swan said yesterday that financial statements on the Consolidated Fund issued by the Auditor General on Friday made for worrying reading.
The...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Progressive Labour Party backbencher Terry Lister told MPs he didn’t support the parliamentary committee system because the Opposition used it to take “cheap shots” at Government.
Mr Lister told the House of Assembly that when the joint select commit...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Progressive Labour Party has failed to embrace its younger supporters, political newcomer Diallo Rabain told its members yesterday.
As a result, young voters feel disengaged from the political process, the Government senator announced to around 1...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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Government drew down all $200 million of a term loan it got from Butterfield Bank last May, financial statements issued by Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews and tabled in Parliament yesterday revealed.
In addition, Government upped its borrowin...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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