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"Where our system falls short"

The issue of financial disclosure for parliamentarians has concerned me for years, Mr Acting Editor. There has always been this nagging feeling that the requirement for disclosure has been honoured more in the breach than in the application. The reas...
Apr 06, 2013
Politics

"PLP’s Burt questions whether Chamber is politically neutral"

Shadow Finance Minister David Burt has questioned whether the Chamber of Commerce is politically neutral following its public response to recent rating agency reviews. But Chamber President Ronnie Viera is standing by the statement issued yesterday i...
Apr 06, 2013
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"Correction, 4 April 2013"

A story in yesterday’s Royal Gazette concerning former Environment Minister Marc Bean’s decision to uphold a Planning appeal by Marc Daniels, incorrectly refered to James Goossens as the Director of Planning. Mr Goossens was in fact a technical offic...
Apr 04, 2013
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"City considers new parking app"

Parking in the City of Hamilton could become easier if City Hall adopts a new system based on a smartphone app. Businessman John Tomlinson promoted the application, called Parkmobile, at yesterday’s City Council meeting. He explained that the system ...
Apr 04, 2013
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"Burgess demands answers from Govt on Heritage Wharf workforce"

Government is ignoring questions about employment on the Heritage Wharf project, the Progressive Labour Party has charged. A statement issued by the Opposition party on behalf of the Shadow Works Minister Derrick Burgess noted: “A week ago we raised ...
Apr 04, 2013
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"Daniels: Planning appeal was above board"

Opposition leader Marc Bean has so far failed to respond to questions from this newspaper about his controversial decision to uphold two Planning appeals. The Royal Gazette first e-mailed Mr Bean on Sunday afternoon with a list of questions relating ...
Apr 03, 2013
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"HRC hopes to outlaw ‘discrimination by association’"

The new Human Rights Commission is throwing its weight behind proposals to prohibit age and sexual orientation discrimination and calling for further legislative changes to outlaw “discrimination by association”. The comments came with the announceme...
Apr 03, 2013
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"Bean overruled DAB in favour of PLP colleague"

Opposition leader Marc Bean gave the go-ahead for a party colleague to build a five-storey apartment block on protected land — against the advice of technical experts and planning officials, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Mr Bean, who was Environment...
Apr 03, 2013
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"Regiment to hold military exercise this weekend"

More than 300 Bermuda Regiment soldiers will be stationed at key points around the Island this weekend in preparation for an annual training exercise in the US. The “confirmatory training exercise”, labelled April Advance, is designed to ensure the p...
Apr 02, 2013
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"Government denies claims of 150 jobs cut"

Government has denied claims that approximately 150 civil servant jobs were cut. “Over the Easter Holiday Weekend, unsubstantiated stories about the release of up to 150 government workers took up space in online media sites,” a Government statement ...
Apr 02, 2013
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