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"Minister confident Police budget in hand"

National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief believes the police have “got it covered” when it comes to balancing the books. Mr Perinchief today spoke out about how the Bermuda Police Service was managing “the best it could” with this year’s reduced b...
Nov 25, 2011
Other

"Engineer calls for pier damage report to be made public"

Government needs to answer questions about the damaged Heritage Wharf cruise ship pier rather than trying to “sweep it under the carpet” in the hope that people will forget. So believes engineer Ray Charlton, who is calling on the Progressive Labour ...
Nov 16, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"Premier’s oxymoron "

November 2, 2011 Dear Sir, I truly am dejected by the article in today’s paper “Premier stands by her record as Finance Minister”. How can Premier Cox honestly defend her role as finance minister during the Dr Brown administration? This is coming fro...
Nov 08, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"Obviously a cop-out "

November 3, 2011 Dear Sir, In the Premier’s Press interview on Sunday, she stated that without her presence as Finance Minister in the Brown Government, Government’s over-spending would have been far worse. This is obviously a cop-out. She was Finan...
Nov 08, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"Protect civil servants "

November 7, 2011 Dear Sir, In your October 28, 2011 edition you quote the Auditor General saying that “The Government’s Financial Instructions are and always have been clear” and that Marc Telemaque as Permanent Secretary to Tourist Minister Dr. Brow...
Nov 08, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"Wasting public money "

November 1, 2011 Dear Sir To Whom It May Concern at the Department of Information & Communication: On Saturday, October 29, I went to a house sale out in Tucker's Town. As I was leaving, there was a Department of Information and Communication van pa...
Nov 03, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"Hold people accountable "

October 14, 2011 Dear Sir, Taxpayer money was squandered during the Berkeley construction project (including the multi-million gift to the union); no one learned their lesson and no one was held accountable. Taxpayer money was squandered during the B...
Oct 20, 2011
Editorials

"Lighting problems"

This newspaper’s report on Monday about the retrofitting of lights in Global House is, regrettably, just the latest example of the utter failure of Government to look after the public’s money. Compared to the multimillion dollar excesses on some Gove...
Oct 20, 2011
Politics

"OBA: Premier must go after lost money"

Premier Paula Cox should take action to recover public money lost as a result of the Faith Based Tourism project, the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance party demanded yesterday. “The Premier talks about implementing reforms to strengthen accountability...
Oct 14, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"Thinking outside the box "

October 10, 2011 Dear Sir, I know that we need far more than a billion dollars to try and settle Bermuda’s Government generated debt and kick start the economy, so this is an out of the box suggestion to raise more than enough to do so. I don’t reco...
Oct 11, 2011
Other

"Getting ready for ‘TCD’"

In the UK it’s the MOT, in the USA it’s the DMV and here in Bermuda it’s the TCD (which stands for Transport Control Department). Everyone still calls it the ‘TCD’, not the ‘BECL’ inspection, even though it’s been conducted by Bermuda Emissions Contr...
Oct 06, 2011
Other

"Govt spending rises in first half of year"

Government current spending rose 5.6 percent through the first half of 2011, compared to the same period last year. According to the detailed tables of the Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics, Government’s current expenditure totalled $543.6 million in ...
Oct 06, 2011
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