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A handful of unemployed people voiced their challenges and concerns to Labour Minister Kim Wilson yesterday at an Unemployment Registration Drive.
The drive, which will take place up until July 1, serves to provide the Ministry with vital figures on...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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Politics
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Shadow Seniors and Social Services Minister Louise Jackson has criticised Government for a delay in delivering Financial Assistance cheques to those in need this month.
The Department admitted yesterday it had experienced problems with payments and p...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Foster care at the Sunshine League could still be saved, despite its announcement that high costs are forcing it to phase out residential care.
Saying he had been “surprised and disappointed” by the news, Youth Minister Glenn Blakeney yesterday said ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s reputation is being threatened by a website blog entry about a broad daylight robbery in Dockyard which never even happened.
The Cruise Critic website’s message board includes the story of a cruise ship passenger who was punched in the face...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011
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Politics
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Bermudians have been given a wider choice of prescription drugs, with three new countries added to the Island’s list of suppliers.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva said he hoped the cost of medications would come down in Bermuda, as a result of the amend...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Transport last night called on Bermuda Industrial Union to put the needs of the nation first in their row about proposed bus timetable changes.
Union members will today decide whether to take industrial action over concerns including ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
By Jonathan Bell
Government yesterday launched an Island-wide campaign in hopes of registering Bermuda’s unemployed.
Two venues at the East End were used St George’s Town Hall and St David’s Cricket Club.
The stations will move across the Island th...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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Politics
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Health Minister Zane DeSilva last night apologised for using the “insensitive and incorrect” term “jewing down” in the House of Assembly.
The Progressive Labour Party MP uttered the phrase during a parliamentary debate on Friday but withdrew it minut...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda is “a co-operative and transparent jurisdiction”, Premier Paula Cox has told members of the European Parliament.
Ms Cox was yesterday invited to address the meeting of the Economic Committee of the European Members of Parliament in Brussels.
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DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One Bermuda Alliance Chairman Michael Fahy questioned how Bermuda Industrial Union has fallen so far behind in reporting its accounts after learning its finance team is paid more than $400,000 a year.
“It is baffling,” said Mr Fahy, who insists the B...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
