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Government’s spending continued to oustrip its revenue over the past year according to the latest figures released yesterday.
Total revenue raised by Government’s operating fund for fiscal 2009/10 decreased by 3.53 percent ($33.5 million) to $917.3 m...
DATE: Feb 05, 2011
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards has accused Government of having “no clue” what it was doing or attempting to mislead the public over its estimates for the current account for the fiscal year 2009/10.
Mr Richards said that the current account de...
DATE: Feb 05, 2011
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Glowing personal tributes to a founding father of the Progressive Labour Party who later represented the United Bermuda Party were paid in the House of Assembly yesterday.
A special two-hour session was held to commemorate lawyer Arnold Francis, the ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ministry support staff will operate out of Government schools in the next academic year, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith said yesterday.
Dame Jennifer gave an update after 100 days of being at the helm of the Ministry of Education.
She added:...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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Economy Minister Kim Wilson has extended a moratorium on work permits for skilled labourers, landscape gardeners and cleaners.
Ms Wilson told a press conference yesterday the moratorium had been extended for another three months.
“The reality is tha...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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Premier Paula Cox said Government was having a “radical rethink” about the Civil Service as her administration “re-calibrates” ministries.
Ms Cox and her Government ministers yesterday outlined the progress they have made since she became Premier thr...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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The Bermuda Youth Council has been “reinvented” to provide Government with the perspective of Bermuda’s young people.
Minister without Portfolio Michael Weeks said the 11-person council, made up of senior school students, Bermuda College students, an...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
It could take up to six months for the new merged Opposition to elect a leader and fully become a single entity, according to Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz.
But that’s not to say it can’t unite in the meantime to respond as one party to this y...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A merger between Bermuda’s two opposition parties is almost certain to happen before the Budget is delivered on February 18, both sides confirmed yesterday.
Bermuda Democratic Alliance MP Shawn Crockwell told The Royal Gazette: “It’s going to certain...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government has refused to give an update on former Premier Ewart Brown’s National Service plan.
Since November The Royal Gazette has asked several people for an update on the programme including Cabinet Secretary Donald Scott, Chief of Staff David Bu...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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Politics
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