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Economy Minister Patrice Minors has asked employers of foreign kitchen assistants to refile appeals to keep their staff whose work permits have expired.
Work permit renewal applications have been on hold since the moratorium was imposed last February...
DATE: Jan 18, 2012
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Politics
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Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz yesterday questioned why Premier Paula Cox is bringing in more Good Governance legislation when she doesn’t appear to be using her existing sanctioning powers.
Mr Moniz dismissed the Premier’s latest pledge for ne...
DATE: Jan 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz yesterday questioned why Premier Paula Cox is bringing in more Good Governance legislation when she doesn’t appear to be using her existing sanctioning powers.
Mr Moniz dismissed the Premier’s latest pledge for ne...
DATE: Jan 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
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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CATEGORY:
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
