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Cabinet Ministers David Burch and Kim Wilson yesterday paid tribute in the Senate to a former MP and “lady of labour” who died on Sunday.
Senator Burch described union activist Barbara Ball as a “fearless icon of this Country’s labour movement” and a...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda Democratic Alliance members remain split on their amalgamation with the United Bermuda Party as discussions between the two parties continue.
Many BDA members particularly those not previously in the UBP are said to want further assurances th...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Only five people applied to be a waiter after Government’s Hospitality Job Fair Senator Kim Wilson said.
Answers to Parliamentary Questions yesterday revealed 600 people have registered as unemployed at the Department of Labour and Training.
Last mo...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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Junior Finance Minister David Burt suggested yesterday that Government should consider privatising some of its services in order to inject “much needed innovation” into the economy. He told the Senate that candidates for privatisation could include p...
DATE: Mar 17, 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
The emissions testing facility at the controversial TCD project has not made any profits since it opened nearly two years ago.
This according to owner Donal Smith who has hit back at a claim that TCD could save Government more than $1 million by runn...
DATE: Mar 16, 2011
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Politics
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A former soldier who fought proudly for the Island in 1944 said “it’s wrong” he’s now being excluded from receiving a war veteran pension. Henry Turner, who has lived in Bermuda since he was five, was upset to learn Government had reinterpreted the l...
DATE: Mar 16, 2011
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Politics
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Local entertainment at LF Wade International Airport is to be axed, baggage handling staff will be cut and overtime reduced, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
During the Budget debate on Transport, Minister Terry Lister told the House of Assembl...
DATE: Mar 12, 2011
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Politics
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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
The East End morning commuter ferry is to be axed as the Department of Marine and Ports amends the Island’s ferry schedule after its budget was slashed by more than $2 million, Transport Minister Terry Lister said.
Speaking in the House of Assembly ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2011
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Politics
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