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Government will save an estimated $25 million this year by freezing most vacant Government jobs, Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday told a post-Budget Chamber of Commerce meeting.
And he said that Government planned to introduce measures to make...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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In recent months, two things have become increasingly clear about the One Bermuda Alliance: they have run out of ideas to create quality jobs for Bermudians and diversify our economy, and they are now in permanent election campaign mode.
Twenty-five ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2015
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — The UK became the latest country to take aim at multinational tax avoidance, announcing a new levy on companies that “artificially” shift their profits into havens, a move prompted by growing international outrage at manoeuvres u...
DATE: Dec 05, 2014
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Criticism of Government as “uncaring” drew a hard-hitting response from Senator Michael Fahy as the Upper House debated the Throne Speech.
Taking “great umbrage” at the accusation that the One Bermuda Alliance neglected Bermudian jobs, Sen Fahy said ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2014
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By Christopher Famous
An open letter to Bermuda’s civil servants:
“Bermuda values and needs your services. Your jobs will be safe under an OBA Government. Our approach will be to freeze the growth of the civil service and allow it to shrink by attrit...
DATE: Oct 10, 2014
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Finance Minister Bob Richards has resolutely defended plans to forge ahead with cost-cutting reforms of the Civil Service, saying that, unless action is taken, Government will soon be broke.
At a packed and often emotionally charged public meeting at...
DATE: Oct 09, 2014
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Finance Minister Bob Richards has resolutely defended plans to forge ahead with cost-cutting reforms of the Civil Service, saying that, unless action is taken, Government will soon be broke.
At a packed and often emotionally charged public meeting at...
DATE: Oct 08, 2014
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Deputy PLP leader Derrick Burgess last night blasted the Government’s plan to freeze pensions as a “shameful attack on retirees”.
The Shadow Minister for Labour Relations and Seniors described the move as unacceptable when seniors were struggling wit...
DATE: Jul 01, 2014
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Politics
February 14, 2014
Dear Sir,
On Page 10 of The Royal Gazette edition of February 12, 2014 had a short article from reporter Jonathan Bell entitled “Unions remain against privatisation of civil service”.
I think most of us in Bermuda understand the Uni...
DATE: Feb 15, 2014
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Sir,
I see a lot of people and I listen a lot; a whole lot, and I keep hearing people say that the OBA Government “needs to be bold … to just go ahead and get things done … and fast.” People say the Government should forget about the politics, f...
DATE: Oct 01, 2013
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Letters to the Editor