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Bad financial management by Government was responsible for cuts in the Island’s ferry service, Opposition leader Kim Swan said last night.
Mr Swan called the reductions, which affects each of the Island’s four ferry routes, “socially insensitive”.
Ac...
DATE: Apr 16, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Public opinion on Bermuda’s leading politicians has plunged in the first quarter of 2011.
Premier Paula Cox, Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess, United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan and Bermuda Democratic Alliance leader Craig Cannonier all took a hit in...
DATE: Apr 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Progressive Labour Party’s lead over the United Bermuda Party has been cut to four percentage points in the latest poll by Mindmaps.
Thirty-two percent of people said they would vote PLP if an election was called today, down from 44 percent in th...
DATE: Apr 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox and the Progressive Labour Party’s performance approval ratings have come down with a bump in a new poll by Mindmaps.
Just 28 percent of people believe Ms Cox is doing a good job as Premier, while only 16 percent are impressed with...
DATE: Apr 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Several senior civil servants have been given new workloads in an attempt to “deliver on the promise” of Premier Paula Cox.
The Government reshuffle has seen permanent secretaries awarded new ministries and the number of departments falling under the...
DATE: Apr 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Minister Walter Roban has taken over responsibility for Housing, following the resignation of former Senator David Burch.
Mr Burch, who had been responsible for the Ministry of National Security and Housing, stepped down form Government a week ago.
M...
DATE: Apr 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A public safety minister in waiting for so long, Wayne Perinchief is wasting no time tackling the Island’s gangs crisis head on.
But while the alarming gun violence he’ll confront as National Security Minister seems a world away from anything he face...
DATE: Apr 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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