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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards has questioned whether police are doing a good enough job with the millions of dollars in additional funding they have been given.
He told the House of Assembly he wasn’t convinced the extra money from Government ...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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MPs last night approved more than $160 million in government overspends since 2002.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards lambasted Government for taking so long to bring the supplementary estimates to the House of Assembly.
“Why is that we are in Mar...
DATE: Mar 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition MP Charlie Swan is proposing a state lottery to fund charities and other community groups.
The Shadow Transport Minister said in the House of Assembly this week that such a scheme could generate funding for youth, sports and arts organisat...
DATE: Mar 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government has drastically reduced the amount of road resurfacing it aims to do each year, according to Opposition MP Grant Gibbons.
He raised concerns in the House of Assembly after Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess said the highways section of ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin last night asked Premier Paula Cox to name the Cabinet consultants who have had their services axed after “unnecessarily feeding at the trough”.
The Opposition MP applauded the fact that the Cabine...
DATE: Mar 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A reduction in spending on Cabinet Office departments in the coming fiscal year will not be as dramatic as Government would like us to believe, according to former Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons.
He told the House of Assembly last night that the 17 ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Cabinet Minister in charge of the two main pillars of Bermuda’s economy is part-time but Patrice Minors insisted yesterday that wasn’t a problem.
Ms Minors, Minister for Business Development and Tourism, is the only member of Premier Paula Cox’s ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda’s rules against performance enhancing drugs in sport will be tightened by laws expected to pass through the House of Assembly today.
The Bermuda Sport Anti-Doping Authority (BSADA) will be formally set up through the Anti-Doping in Sport Act,...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
