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Sweeping changes to the Civil Service have moved a step closer following the launch of a Public Service Reform initiative “designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness” within the organisation.
In a statement last night, Premier Craig Cannon...
DATE: Feb 03, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Local companies that hire guest workers will soon be required to provide training programmes for Bermudians when phase two of the new work permit policy goes into effect.
Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said that while a number of job categories a...
DATE: Feb 03, 2014
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Former Opposition leader Kim Swan has continued his calls for the issue of gaming to be decided by referendum following a statement by Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell.
Mr Crockwell said abandoning the promised referendum on gaming was the right choi...
DATE: Jan 13, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Comments by newly appointed Education Minister Grant Gibbons, in which he said he is consulting with those involved in education to “get a clear handle on where the public education system is right now”, have been criticised by the Opposition.
Dr Gib...
DATE: Jan 08, 2014
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Acting Opposition Leader Derrick Burgess has accused Premier Craig Cannonier of endorsing “politics of personal destruction and political payback” during a speech in the House of Assembly.
Referencing a speech made in the early hours of December 14, ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2013
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Bermuda must reinvent itself in order to survive, according to Premier Craig Cannonier.
In a national address delivered last night, Mr Cannonier said Government has an “aggressive agenda” to help turn the Island’s economy around, but tough decisions ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shadow Home Affairs Minister Walter Roban is calling on Government to clarify the status of a planned $300 million redevelopment of Hamilton’s waterfront.
And he pointed out that the controversial development, put together more than a year ago by the...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
E-mails reveal deep rift over backdated stipends
By Gareth Finighan
Although Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge has maintained that there is no split between members of his Team Hamilton group, a heated e-mail exchange between councillors over the de...
DATE: Dec 17, 2013
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Politics
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Corporation of Hamilton councillors will receive more than $120,000 in back payments for attending committee meetings — just days after an independent inquiry into the municipality found evidence of widespread maladministration.
But the decision to g...
DATE: Dec 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A year ago today the One Bermuda Alliance won the general election, ending 14 years of power for the Progressive Labour Party. Since then, the new administration has delivered its first Budget and two Throne Speeches, pledging to create more jobs and...
DATE: Dec 17, 2013
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Politics
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