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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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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
The lack of human rights for the elderly and homosexuals are “glaring anomalies” repeatedly met with a “deafening silence” from Government, according to Senator Kathy Michelmore.
The Shadow Health Minister has today accused Government of being “disin...
DATE: Aug 05, 2011
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Politics
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National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief is urging people “not to panic” as he says he will reallocate additional funds to stop the police running out of money.
Mr Perinchief today spoke out about “the budget stretch” explaining that an overspend ...
DATE: Aug 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Bermuda Employers’ Council welcomed Government’s plans to retrain unemployed workers as it noted the Island unemployment problem spreads wide.
BEC, which has previously estimated 3,000 people have lost jobs in a two-year period, said the recent Unemp...
DATE: Aug 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A massive marketing blitz is now under way to try to turn around Bermuda's struggling tourism industry.
Tourism Minister Patrice Minors has revealed she is trying to boost visitor numbers with “aggressive sales and marketing efforts to promote touris...
DATE: Aug 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A bill establishing an independent immigration appeals tribunal was given the green light by the Senate yesterday.
Introducing the bill, Junior National Security Minister Jonathan Smith said Bermuda’s democracy was strengthened by the Bermuda Immigra...
DATE: Aug 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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