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Reducing Government costs

December 11, 2013 Dear Sir, Everybody, except the unions and Government employees acknowledges that Government workers world wide are not particularly renowned for their productivity. Our own Government is so over populated that we need to borrow hun...
Dec 12, 2013
Politics

Baron: Offer tax breaks in return for help fighting gangs

Government needs to find ways to encourage the private sector to fund anti-gang and anti-drug initiatives, according to Senator Jeff Baron. Sen Baron, the Junior Minister for Public Safety, told the Senate yesterday that several other countries are w...
Dec 12, 2013
Politics

Grease traps to be mandatory

Restaurants in Hamilton must equip their kitchens with grease traps come January 1, according to the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce. The clogging of sewerage systems by grease deposits has been a long-standing annoyance for City workers, and can contrib...
Dec 12, 2013
Politics

Premier: No split following shuffle

Premier Craig Cannonier last night insisted that his first Cabinet shuffle will not create a friction within Government from potentially disgruntled former Ministers now booted to the backbenches And that sentiment was supported by former Environment...
Dec 12, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Why not put civil service work out to tender?

December 10, 2013 Dear Sir, The unions are all screaming about the potential loss of Government jobs, and so they should, for the amount of money their members pay them. What they have to realise is that even the union dues paid by the Government emp...
Dec 12, 2013
Other

Top brass launch fight to save Regiment

A band of former Bermuda Regiment commanding officers is launching a campaign to block conscription from being abolished, claiming the move is not in the best interests of the Island and will result in the army unit eventually being dissolved. The gr...
Dec 11, 2013
Other

MPs face busy week

Parliament’s final week promises a hectic two days for MPs — starting with today’s session, in which the lease for Hamilton’s proposed Par-la-Ville Hotel is to be debated. The House of Assembly will also discuss authorising an $18 million guarantee b...
Dec 11, 2013
Other

Fairmont plans Turtle Hill development

Protected green space around the Fairmont Southampton Hotel could be threatened under a Special Development Order (SDO) allowing the hotel to build, and sell, housing. The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) has issued a call on the...
Dec 11, 2013
Politics

Cabinet shuffle — three out

Premier Craig Cannonier has unveiled a new Cabinet line-up that reduces the number of Government Ministers from 13 to ten. At a press conference this morning, Mr Cannonier said the changes were “part of a process toward better governing and greater e...
Dec 11, 2013
Other

Opposition MPs refuse to vote on Par-la-Ville leases

Opposition MPs showed their displeasure at new measures to rein in City Hall by refusing to vote on two lease agreements in the House of Assembly this morning. The leases — for Par-la-Ville car park — got the go-ahead anyway, due to support from Gove...
Dec 11, 2013
Other

We need an open process

By Diallo Rabain The 2012 Gaming Referendum Act tabled by the then Progressive Labour Party Government, would have asked Bermudians: “Should there be licensed casino gaming in Bermuda?” The One Bermuda Alliance’s 2013 Gaming Referendum Act asks: “Do ...
Dec 10, 2013
Other

Professor Cuero comes to ‘inspire the young’

Visiting Colombian professor and lecturer Raul Cuero, who is a guest of the Corporation of Hamilton, said he’s on the Island to inspire creativity among Bermuda’s young people. And Dr Cuero also announced plans to introduce a workshop from his Intern...
Dec 10, 2013
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