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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards hopes civil servants would be enticed into a growing private sector under a One Bermuda Alliance Government. Giving more details on his plan to reduce Bermuda’s crippling debt, Mr Richards said his party would all...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Tourism Minister Patrice Minors is actively exploring the expansion of medical tourism as a way to fill Bermuda’s empty hotel beds.
Cashing in on ‘medical tourists’ as well as their families and doctors looks set to be one of the recommendations of ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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Politics
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards last night pledged a One Bermuda Alliance Government would get people back to work, cut overspending and reduce the Island’s crippling debt.
Speaking at the OBA’s town hall meeting on the economy, Mr Richards pain...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda’s spending on healthcare could rocket to $1.5 billion by the year 2020, according to a report made public yesterday by the Bermuda Health Council.
Figures revealed in the BHeC’s National Health Accounts Report 2011 show that the Island spent ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new agency to protect Bermuda’s borders will begin “soft implementation” on September 1, despite reports of Customs officers being confused over the move, Government has announced.
As The Royal Gazette reported yesterday, more than 50 disgruntled C...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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Politics
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The Auditor General is to get new probing powers after meeting Premier Paula Cox to discuss former Premier Ewart Brown’s controversial emissions testing project.
Ms Cox says law changes are now in the pipeline to give Heather Jacobs Matthews and Dire...
DATE: Aug 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Plans for sweeping reforms to Bermuda’s healthcare system fail to consider its economic impact, according to the Bermuda Employers’ Council.
BEC executive director Martin Law said he is still waiting for a response to his concerns from the Ministry o...
DATE: Aug 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The first leadership election for the One Bermuda Alliance will take place on September 10.
The announcement was made yesterday morning by the newly-formed Opposition party’s chairman, Michael Fahy.
John Barritt, the party’s interim leader since it ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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Politics
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Better financial forecasting would have prevented a cash-strapped Government having to top up the police budget, according to Bermuda’s two opposition parties.
The One Bermuda Alliance and United Bermuda Party have both reacted angrily to National Se...
DATE: Aug 08, 2011
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Politics
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Cabinet Office yesterday appeared to overturn a Transport Ministry decision to appoint former Progressive Labour Party Chairman Anthony Santucci as a consultant.
On Thursday evening, Transport Minister Terry Lister had told Bernews Mr Santucci, fired...
DATE: Aug 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith