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Seniors honoured during Heritage Month
Sunday, May 19, 2019 - Press ReleaseAs part of the Heritage Month activities, the Ministry of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports, honoured more than two dozen seniors last week (15 May) during the annual Seniors Awards Ceremony.
The event, which took place at the...
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Government House Honours and Awards Ceremony
Sunday, May 19, 2019 - Press ReleaseLast Thursday (15 May), Deputy Premier, the Hon. Walter Roban, JP, MP, and the Minister of National Security, the Hon. Wayne M. Caines, JP, MP, joined Governor John Rankin in celebrating the service of those in the Bermuda Police Service...
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Work Permit Policies and Immigration Initiatives
Friday, May 17, 2019 - Ministerial StatementMr. Speaker, I rise today to update the Honourable House with an update of the proposed changes to work permit policies which begins with assessing jobs currently listed in the closed, restricted, special and open job categories. This...
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Kings Wharf Rehabilitation
Friday, May 17, 2019 - Press ReleaseMinisterial Statement by the Minister of Public Works, Lt. Col. the Hon. David A. Burch, OBE (Mil), ED, JP, MPGood Morning Mr. Speaker.
Last November I reported extensively on the plan for the complete refurbishment of King’s...
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Amendments to the Premier and Opposition Leaders Personal Staffs Act
Friday, May 17, 2019 - Ministerial StatementMr. Speaker, in a Statement to this Honourable House on 11th March 2019, I advised Honourable members of this Government’s intention to advance amendments to the Premier and Opposition Leaders Personal Staffs Act 1983, to start the...
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European Union Tax Delisting
Friday, May 17, 2019 - Ministerial StatementMr. Speaker, I addressed this Honourable House at its sitting last week to provide additional background information regarding the actions which Bermuda had taken to address issues related to the EU “Blacklist”.
This included the...
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2019 Transport Green Paper
Friday, May 17, 2019 - Ministerial StatementMr. Speaker, in the 2017 Speech from the Throne, the Government undertook to conduct a thorough review of transportation and to produce a Green Paper on the future of transport that will provide various options for modernisation, which...
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Tabling of Government Reform Strategic Plan
Friday, May 17, 2019 - Press ReleaseGood Morning Mr. Speaker,
I rise this morning to remind this Honourable House that a Plan for Government Reform has been finalised and implementation has commenced.
Mr. Speaker, on March 1st, 2019 I informed Honourable...
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Gang Prevention in Primary Schools
Friday, May 17, 2019 - Press ReleaseMr. Speaker, this morning I would like to highlight and acknowledge the important work of the Ministry of National Security’s Gang Violence Reduction Team, Primary Prevention Initiative, Elliot Kings Group.
The Gang Violence...
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The Cabinet Committee on Social Development
Friday, May 17, 2019 - Ministerial StatementMr. Speaker, Bermuda’s ‘cabinet-style’ government allows for the establishment of Cabinet Committees. A Cabinet Committee is designed to provide a greater focus on specific issues separate, and apart from the more general agenda of the...
