Finance Minister Bob Richards has resolutely defended plans to forge ahead with cost-cutting reforms of the Civil Service, saying that, unless action is taken, Government will soon be broke.
At a packed and often emotionally charged public meeting at...
DATE: Oct 09, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
Finance Minister Bob Richards has resolutely defended plans to forge ahead with cost-cutting reforms of the Civil Service, saying that, unless action is taken, Government will soon be broke.
At a packed and often emotionally charged public meeting at...
DATE: Oct 08, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
Deputy PLP leader Derrick Burgess last night blasted the Government’s plan to freeze pensions as a “shameful attack on retirees”.
The Shadow Minister for Labour Relations and Seniors described the move as unacceptable when seniors were struggling wit...
February 14, 2014
Dear Sir,
On Page 10 of The Royal Gazette edition of February 12, 2014 had a short article from reporter Jonathan Bell entitled “Unions remain against privatisation of civil service”.
I think most of us in Bermuda understand the Uni...
DATE: Feb 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Dear Sir,
I see a lot of people and I listen a lot; a whole lot, and I keep hearing people say that the OBA Government “needs to be bold … to just go ahead and get things done … and fast.” People say the Government should forget about the politics, f...
DATE: Oct 01, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Legislators head to parliament this morning for an extension of the first parliamentary session under the new One Bermuda Alliance Government.
Three sittings will be held this month in a bid to complete Government’s legislative agenda as articulated ...
The governing party has criticised the Progressive Labour Party's assessment of its first 100 days as a return to election campaign “tactics of misdirection, distortion and exaggeration”.
In a statement from One Bermuda Alliance Chairman Thad Hollis,...
Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members of the House of Assembly,
It is a distinct honour to reply to the Budget Statement on behalf of the Opposition Progressive Labour Party. I am humbled to follow parliamentary giants like the late Honourable C. Eugene...
With just a week to go before Budget Day, the Progressive Labour Party is challenging Government to keep its election campaign promise to reduce the debt without cutting services.
Shadow Finance Minister David Burt is also questioning Government’s st...
Madame President and Members of the Senate
Mr. Speaker and Members of the House of Assembly
The Government which was elected on 17 December 2012 is committed to bringing
about safer neighbourhoods and streets and freedom from the violence that blight...
