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Taxpayers spent nearly $400,000 on consultants to Premier Paula Cox’s departments in her first eight months as leader.
Advisers hired by the Cabinet Office make up the bulk of the sum, with former Minister Renee Webb, former Senator Walton Brown and ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Legislation ensuring oversight for Bermuda’s public accountants is in line with European requirements passed through the House of Assembly yesterday.
The Bermuda Public Accountability Act makes those who audit the Island’s Public Interest Entities (P...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess was roundly praised for his summer student training initiative yesterday as MPs from all sides of the House of Assembly said it could help young people build better lives.
Kicking off a debate on his Public Works Minist...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda is “flirting with economic failure” and must come to terms with this “hard reality” in order to move forward, according to Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards.
The One Bermuda Alliance MP said his party didn’t feel Government had a plan to ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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Politics
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Bermuda’s nine-year plan for a new energy policy was yesterday unveiled, as Government released the White Paper on Energy.
Drafting of the long-anticipated policy document began with the creation of the Department of Energy in April 2008.
Environment...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Owners of illegal dogs are to be offered a one-off amnesty, Government announced yesterday.
The amnesty which begins on Monday and lasts six weeks will see owners avoid prosecution, providing their animals are spayed or neutered.
“The amnesty will s...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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Politics
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Opposition politicians have demanded answers on structural damage to the $60 million Heritage Wharf cruise ship pier at Dockyard.
MPs from the One Bermuda Alliance directed a whole host of questions at Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess in the Ho...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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Politics
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Fares for commuters on the ferry service’s Pink Route are set to increase by 100 percent, announced Transport Minister Terry Lister yesterday.
Speaking in the House of Assembly, he said the uplift would affect individual, day rates, monthly and quar...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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Politics
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A new panel is to probe the rising cost of food to ensure people aren’t forking out too much money for their weekly groceries.
Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox has made the long-awaited announcement that she is setting up a Price Control Commis...
DATE: Jul 16, 2011
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Politics
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Government today released its nine-year plan for a new energy policy in Bermuda.
Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Walter Roban unveiled the White Paper on Energy.
Achieving its goals, he said, “will be extremely demanding, and will ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
