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"OBA: ‘Stop trying to cover this matter up’"

The One Bermuda Alliance yesterday urged Premier Paula Cox to “stop trying to cover up” breaches of Financial Instructions and hold Government officers accountable. MPs Trevor Moniz and Bob Richards hit back at Cabinet Office’s claim confidentiality ...
Oct 29, 2011
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"Auditor General wants civil servants held accountable"

Auditor General Heather Matthews believes nobody has the fortitude to punish Government officials alleged to have allowed taxpayers’ money to go to waste in the Ewart Brown administration. Ms Matthews spoke out after Supreme Court heard how top civil...
Oct 28, 2011
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"FBT: The Cabinet Office responds"

The Royal Gazette yesterday asked Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox for a response to the Auditor General’s comments that nobody has the fortitude to punish Government officials for non-compliance with Financial Instructions. The following respo...
Oct 28, 2011
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"Leaked e-mails show exchanges over cash"

This e-mail exchange shows how senior Tourism and Transport officials discussed getting taxpayers’ cash to Faith Based Tourism boss Andre Curtis before his contract had been approved by Cabinet. -Original Message- From: Telemaque, Marc Sent: Tuesda...
Oct 28, 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

"Trickle down effect "

Trickle down effect October 9, 2011 Dear Sir, Our “leaders” often ask us, the general public, to accept that what has happened locally is a result of the “trickle down effect” of global problems. Yet in actuallity it isn’t so. We have shot ourselv...
Oct 13, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"Vote the PLP out "

September 29, 2011 Dear Sir, One hundred and fifty jobs lost in one day. Lost payroll tax for Government and lost health insurance premiums that helped keep our costs lower. Lost rents for landlords and almost certainly another slice off housing val...
Oct 05, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"Nothing in life is free "

October 1, 2011 Dear Sir, With reference to our massive debt, please consider this. The Government of the day has given away many Government services for free, but what is free for one, inevitably costs others in the long run. Employees, building...
Oct 05, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"Incentives to come here"

September 29, 2011 Dear Sir, We should welcome Premier Cox’s initiatives to introduce ten-year work permits and a new category of long term residency for job creators as moves in the right direction but realise more needs to be done to reverse the d...
Oct 04, 2011
Politics

"Bermuda could play ‘central role’ for UK’s OTs"

Bermuda stands to play a central role in defining the future relationship between the UK and its overseas territories, according to Overseas Territories Minister Henry Bellingham. In a speech before a packed hall at the Bermuda College, Mr Bellingham...
Sep 27, 2011
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"Blakeney: ‘I was in my right’"

Sports Minister Glenn Blakeney said he was within his “full right” to convene a Commission of Inquiry to probe how the island’s two national sports spent millions of Government funding. The Minister has formed a seven-member commission that will expl...
Sep 27, 2011
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