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The Bermuda Public Services Union will echo calls for Ministers to take a pay cut if that’s what members want, its president said.
Last week, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert called on Cabinet Ministers to take a “symbolic pay cut” af...
DATE: Apr 11, 2011
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Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert yesterday told Cabinet Ministers to take a “symbolic pay cut” after officially rejecting Government's pay proposal.
Workers were offered a wage freeze and straight time pay instead of overtime, until t...
DATE: Apr 09, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The BIU has rejected a Government pay proposal and called on Ministers to take a pay cut.
Yesterday BIU President Chris Furbert said the workers understood that they had to do their part and work with Government, however he added the workers felt Mi...
DATE: Apr 09, 2011
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Feeling undermined by Premier Paula Cox was “the final straw” for Colonel David Burch who is said to have been “slowly running out of steam.”
Progressive Labour Party colleagues said they admired the “healthy relationship” the former Senate Leader an...
DATE: Apr 07, 2011
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Consumers could soon have more protection when it comes to receiving the service they asked for, under the Consumer Protection Amendment Act 2011.
The amendment act protects people who put their vehicles in for a service expecting to pay one price, ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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Government Senate Leader David Burch resigned suddenly on Saturday as he believed Premier Paula Cox lacked confidence in him.
The timing of Mr Burch’s departure two days before the end of the Senate session left Progressive Labour Party colleagues co...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
New Senator Jonathan Smith has vowed to look into the effectiveness of the police service to try to improve life for the Island’s residents.
The former police commissioner spoke out about “doing things better for the good of the country” just hours ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Dunkley has criticised Government for hitting businesses in the pocket with an “exorbitant” food licence fee increase.
Sen Dunkley told the Upper House that businesses would have no choice other than to raise pric...
DATE: Apr 02, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Opposition politician John Barritt is calling for backbench MPs to play a “much more meaningful and important role” and possibly get a pay rise for doing so.
The Shadow Public Administration Reform Minister claims backbenchers such as him, who earn $...
DATE: Apr 02, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Claims that Government’s national debt is “manageable and sustainable” were called “misleading” and an attempt at “smoke and mirrors”.
The United Bermuda Party (UBP) and Bermuda Democratic Alliance (BDA) both criticised Junior Finance Minister David ...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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Politics
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