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Time for the real OBA to stand up

March 13, 2014 Dear Sir, There seems to be a disconnection between One Bermuda Alliance the organisation and OBA the government. The OBA organisation came together because of a vision of being the new generation of politics, beyond the old paradigm o...
Mar 15, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Who needs a Govt anyway?

March 5, 2014 Dear Sir, I’m beginning to wonder if any Government — other than a PLP -style Government — can actually make any difference in Bermuda. And please do not interpret that as a suggestion that a PLP government could ever actually be capabl...
Mar 07, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Why are our leaders forgetting or ignoring their foundation?

1 March 2014 Dear Sir, It is time to face the truth about Bermuda — this Island’s economic road is not supposed to ensure full economic growth for most of its people. In this we will always be forced to be obliged to invite new masters from other lan...
Mar 05, 2014
Other

Govt lost 77 permanent staff

Government lost 77 permanent staff from December 18, 2012 to January 31, 2014 — but hired 110 “temporary relief employees”, according to Premier Craig Cannonier. The details emerged in response to questions posed by Opposition Leader Marc Bean. Durin...
Mar 03, 2014
Letters to the Editor

About time ministers started pulling their weight

25 February 2014 Dear Sir, I am beginning to wonder what model the OBA has chosen to manage Bermuda, for some of the current ministers, including the Premier, are not shining examples of how to manage. I find myself wondering why we even have some of...
Feb 26, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Focus on the issues

February 21st, 2014 Dear Sir, In regards to the infamous flight on a private jet last summer, it is abundantly clear that the Premier and two ministers exercised poor judgment and should never have accepted the “free ride” in the first place (it natu...
Feb 25, 2014
Economy

Civil Service faces outsourcing or job cuts next year

The Civil Service must be cut after the coming fiscal year, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned as he outlined the advantages of mutualisation or privatisation. Staff layoffs will be inevitable unless “non-core functions” are outsourced after 2014/1...
Feb 22, 2014
Other

Finance Minister: Government to get “more aggressive”

New legislation aimed at making it easier to shift Government services to other providers in a bid to save cash is to be tabled in the coming parliamentary session, Finance Minister Bob Richard revealed today. And he added that Government would be “m...
Feb 04, 2014
Politics

Public Service reform initiative launched

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...
Feb 03, 2014
Other

There’s always time to volunteer

If you don’t think you have time to volunteer consider that Bernella Williams did it while raising eight sons and pursuing a nursing career. Mrs Williams was one of several women honoured at the recent Cablevision Salute to Service Awards banquet hel...
Jan 29, 2014
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