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Premier Paula Cox has vowed to crack down on unethical behaviour by tabling new legislation allowing Government to ‘follow the dollar’.
Ms Cox said extra efforts will be made to ensure vendors, contractors and groups receiving grants are using Govern...
DATE: Jan 17, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Hospitality industry bosses are breathing a bit easier now after meeting with Economy Minister Patrice Minors over Government's decision to purge certain foreign workers to make way for Bermudians in need of work.
Minister Minors has agreed to “revis...
DATE: Jan 17, 2012
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Politics
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Anti-gang legislation is back on the drawing board, says National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief.
But its resurrection has been derided as a “reversal of a reversal’ by opposition MP Kim Swan.
And Mr Swan is backing calls by Mr Perinchief for pri...
DATE: Jan 17, 2012
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Politics
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Government yesterday celebrated the success of the Small Jobs Work Programme, which found 23 unemployed Bermudians temporary work.
The programme, coordinated by the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation (BEDC), was tasked with hiring Bermudians fo...
DATE: Jan 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is organising a series of town hall meetings to be held across the Island to discuss the upcoming Budget.
Three meetings are scheduled, with the first to take place at Dalton E Tucker Primary School on Wednesday, the second at the Leopard’...
DATE: Jan 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is misleading the public to make the economy seem healthier than it is, according to Shadow Minister Bob Richards.
Mr Richards said that Government figures on the number of new international businesses registered on the Island were below a...
DATE: Jan 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A British MP has called for Bermuda and other overseas territories to be given representation in the UK House of Commons.
In a submission to the UK Parliament’s Backbench Business Committee, Andrew Rosindell said that since the UK makes decisions tha...
DATE: Jan 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Corporation of Hamilton will host a town hall meeting tomorrow about the forthcoming municipal elections.
The event begins at 6pm at the Hamilton Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall on King Street.
Mayor of Hamilton Charles Gosling said city reside...
DATE: Jan 16, 2012
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Politics
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Rebecca Middleton’s killers could finally be brought to justice under changes being proposed by the One Bermuda Alliance.
The party’s submission to the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the British Overseas Territories calls for Bermuda to foll...
DATE: Jan 16, 2012
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Politics
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Hospitality industry bosses are being told by the Immigration Department that work permits for their cleaners and potwashers will not be renewed and that their workers must stop working by Friday.
Restaurateurs told The Royal Gazette that the Departm...
DATE: Jan 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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