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MPs clashed in a fiery exchange after Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson claimed Bermuda’s reputation was being trashed by “experimental” prostate cancer treatment at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Progressive Labour Party members reacted angr...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Minister Glenn Blakeney warned drugs in sport will not be tolerated as MPs passed legislation establishing internationally accepted anti-doping rules.
Mr Blakeney noted drugs are a scourge in Bermuda’s community, making the legislation “most importan...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Educational films will be shown at the National Library at noon on Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes through February and March.
Minister of Public Information Services Neletha Butterfield told the House of Assembly on Friday the focus of February’s fi...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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Transport Minister Terry Lister was said to be very unhappy after senior colleagues prompted the reinstatement of a bus driver who was fired.
Mr Lister is said to have wanted to stick by the decision to sack the employee for gross misconduct despite ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Opposition members said the prospect of a fourth qualified audit should alarm the country.
Last week Auditor General Heather Matthews gave a qualified audit on the Government’s 2009/2010 Consolidated Fund. It was the third qualified opinion in a row....
DATE: Feb 12, 2011
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The Auditor General plans to finish 60 outstanding reports within the next 10 months.
Heather Matthews said additional staff and hard work would enable them to start 2012 with a clean slate.
“We are mandated to get out statutory reports first and tha...
DATE: Feb 12, 2011
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Politics
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Former Premier Dr Ewart Brown should answer questions about the handling of the controversial TCD project, which took place under his watch as Transport Minister, the Bermuda Democratic Alliance said yesterday.
The project built a new Transport Contr...
DATE: Feb 12, 2011
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Politics
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The Auditor General believes former Cabinet Secretary Marc Telemaque should be fined for disregarding Government’s rules in the controversial TCD project.
Mr Telemaque did not comply with the financial rules and did not follow a Cabinet decision to p...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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Politics
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Former Regiment commanding officer Edward Lamb said yesterday he used the “full brunt of the law” to discipline a soldier who assaulted another soldier in Grenada in 2005.
The private was given 56 days in military prison after an incident described b...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Auditor General said Government could have another qualified audit for the current fiscal year.
A week ago Bermuda’s Consolidated Fund was released for the previous fiscal year, ending March 31, 2010.
Auditor General Heather Matthews gave it a qu...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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