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Opposition dismisses spending on consultants as ‘fairytale numbers’
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The main opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has dismissed claims by Premier Craig Cannonier that it spent “upwards of US$100 million a year on consultants”. PLP chairman Maynard Dill described the claims as “fairytale numbers” indicating that figures released on the website of the Ministry of Finance showed the figure to be $50.7 million for the…
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Government announces new measures to reduce expenditure
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Premier Craig Cannonier has announced a 50 per cent reduction in the fleet of official cars used by cabinet ministers as his new One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) administration moves to reduce expenditure. Premier Cannonier said while the OBA is still analysing the country's financial state, voters have clearly indicated that they “want and expect our government…
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Finance Minister says ‘shared sacrifice’ needed to tackle debt
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Finance Minister Bob Richards says the new One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) government will honour a pre-election pledge not to lay off any civil servants but “shared sacrifice” is necessary to tackle Bermuda’s soaring debt. He said government finances were “every bit as bad as we had feared” before the OBA took power a month ago. On…
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St. Lucian appointed CCRIF first full time CEO
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The regional governments owned Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) says it has appointed St. Lucian Isaac Anthony as its first full time chief executive officer. Anthony, a former senior public servant, has served on the boards of key regional financial institutions, including the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). He took up his new…
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Parliament to reconvene on February 8
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC- In the aftermath of the December 17 General election here, Parliament is scheduled reconvene on Friday, February 8. On Thursday the Cabinet Office announced that Governor George Fergusson will deliver his second Throne Speech which sets out government agenda for the year ahead — in the space of three months. Last November, the Governor delivered the Throne…
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UK formally requests extradition of former TCI Premier
PROVIDENCIALS, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC -The United Kingdom has made a request for the extradition of former Turks and Caicos Premier Michael Misick who is being held in a Brazilian jail following after his December arrest in the South American nation on an international warrant. Under an agreement with Brazil, the British authorities have 60 days from the date…
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Family of former premier appeals for his return home
PROVIDENCIALS, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC – The family of former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) premier, Michael Misick, has launched a local and international appeal for the former head of government who is in a Brazilian jail to be allowed to return to the British Overseas Territory. Misick, 46, was arrested last December as a result of an international…
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Governor reappoints three independent senators
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Governor George Fergusson has reappointed three existing independent senators to complete the 11-member Upper House team. Carol Ann Bassett, who was Senate President in the last parliament, will be again joined by Joan Dillas-Wright, who was Vice-President and James Jardine. They will join the One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) Government team of Michael Fahy, Nalton Brangman, Alexis…
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Premier didn’t quit UDP
In another bizarre twist to the seemingly never-ending political intrigue that has enveloped the Cayman Islands in recent weeks, it seems that Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly did not resign with the rest of her government colleagues from the United Democratic Party last weekend. Attempts to determine Ms O’Connor-Connolly’s official status within the UDP were unsuccessful by press time. The premier did…
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Sports and Human Wellness
The Health of the Region From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, Physical Education (P.E) and sport was ‘eroded’ in schools throughout the Region. One sports official stated that “the Region is still light years behind in understanding what it means to move sport forward. This may be the result of our history, because we have never put heavy…
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