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A drop in public school enrolment figures is not surprising to the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance. But 2010 student enrolment figures released by the Statistics department in the Census Report appear to be at odds with the Ministry of Education’s ow...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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Parliament has approved the creation of specified jurisdiction funds a new class of funds which could incorporate the laws of another jurisdiction.
The measure, which was steered through the House of Assembly by Business Development and Tourism Minis...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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Politics
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Wheelchair access on buses is the focus of a policy document being put together by the Department of Public Transportation
Transport Minister Derrick Burgess said all bus operators, supervisors and managers have been given a memo outlining a step by...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda must rise to the international challenges of the insurance industry or hardworking Bermudians will face the consequences, Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox warned.
Rival jurisdictions are now competing with the Island for businesses, cap...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government is obstructing the Auditor General from doing her job as it doesn’t want people to find out how it’s handling the public purse, the Opposition claimed last night.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards suggested the Audit Committee is trying...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Auditor General Heather Matthews says she’s been unable to make her reports public because the Audit Committee has not been performing its functions during 2011.
Mrs Matthews wrote to House of Assembly Speaker Stanley Lowe saying the Committee, which...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Far-reaching telecommunications reform proposals went before the House of Assembly as Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Marc Bean introduced two “inextricably linked” bills aimed at replacing decades-old legislation.
Between them, the...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Legislators approved sweeping reforms to the telecommunications industry last night with the passage of the Regulatory Authority Act and Electronic Communications Act, 2011.
The proposals create an independent regulatory authority and ends the polic...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
MPs have a busy session ahead of them today as they debate laws impacting the telecommunications, insurance and investment industries, as well as a motion on Bermuda’s dwindling open spaces.
First up is a radical reform of the Telecommunications sect...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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Politics
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Government Senators were silent yesterday on whether FutureCare clients have now been directly informed of the snafu that led to excess monies being leaked from the healthcare scheme.
The question came from Shadow Health Minister Michael Dunkley duri...
DATE: Dec 08, 2011
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Politics
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