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Government Senator LaVerne Furbert took issue with a report in The Royal Gazette saying a mental health chief lost his job through budget cuts.
Sen Furbert told the Upper House that Michael Radford is leaving after two years as chief of psychiatry at...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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The number of people holding active work permits has dropped by 15 percent compared to late last year, according to new figures.
There were a total of 10,127 guest workers holding active one-to-five year permits as of November 25, according to previo...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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Opposition Senators today raised concerns that a new Price Control Commission could introduce measures that damage the free market.
The debate came during the Motion to Adjourn in the Senate - although Government Senators insisted the claim was untru...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday said his company only won a Government contract after an open competitive tendering process.
The One Bermuda Alliance questioned whether Progressive Labour Party figures Renee Webb, Walton Brown and Rolf...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government’s new blueprint for the Island’s energy use is “a good start”, but thin on details, according to the Opposition.
Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons of the One Bermuda Alliance called the 2011 Energy White Paper “long overdue”.
Mr Simo...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Premier Paula Cox has told Bermudians they have to stop being self-doubters and self-haters to help turn around the economy.
More than 200 people packed in a town-hall meeting at Warwick Workmen’s Club last night to listen to what Government is doing...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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Politics
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Lovitta Foggo believes she’s proved women are up to the task after three years as Bermuda’s first female Government Chief Whip.
The St David’s MP says her election to the post by Parliamentary colleagues in 2008 paved the way for her to show how fema...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
One Bermuda Alliance MP Shawn Crockwell questioned Premier Paula Cox’s pledge to ‘do more with less’ as he claimed Progressive Labour Party insiders are picking up lucrative consultant contracts.
Mr Crockwell said Ms Cox is continuing a Ewart Brown p...
DATE: Jul 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government’s six-month amnesty on illegally held dogs “alone will not solve Bermuda’s dog control challenges”, according to the Shadow Environment Minister.
Cole Simons, of the One Bermuda Alliance, said if in power his party would have taken a diff...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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Politics
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One Bermuda Alliance chairman Michael Fahy last night pointed to the shortcomings of the last financial statement filed by Bermuda Industrial Union as he continued his campaign for the union to reveal its finances. Mr Fahy has obtained a copy of the ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
