Marc Telemaque Sworn In As Cabinet Secretary
Marc Telemaque has been sworn in as the new Secretary to the Cabinet, the Government has confirmed.
A Government spokesperson said, “In accordance with the Constitution and on the recommendation of Premier and Minister of Finance, the Hon. David Burt, JP, MP, the Governor Mr. John Rankin, performed a brief ceremony during which Mr. Marc Telemaque was sworn in as the Secretary to the Cabinet.”
Premier Burt stated, “I am pleased Mr. Telemaque has accepted the position of Secretary to the Cabinet. He brings to the post an extensive knowledge of the Public Service and has served in this role previously.
“Immediately prior to accepting the position, he was the Secretary for National Security, a role he will continue in until the completion of the Budget process. As Cabinet Secretary he will provide guidance to the Cabinet and execute policy decisions. On behalf of my Cabinet colleagues, I congratulate Mr. Telemaque and look forward to working with him.
“I take this opportunity to also thank Dr. Derrick Binns, for his hard work, dedication and the sound advice he has provided over the last seven months in his role as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service.
“I look forward to working with him as he assumes the recently revised role of Head of the Public Service to advance the important goals of public service reform.”
Major Marc Telemaque joined the Public Service as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor in 2000 and became Permanent Secretary of Transport in 2002. In a sixteen-year career as a member of the Civil Service Executive, he has served as Permanent Secretary with the Ministries of Tourism & Transport, Public Safety & Housing and Health.
From 2006-2010 he was Secretary to the Cabinet and since November 2010 has been Secretary for National Security. Maj. Telemaque was awarded the LVO [Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order] in 2009 by the Queen in recognition of his service in the organization of the visit to Bermuda of Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh for Bermuda’s 400th Anniversary celebrations.
Last month the Government announced that in an “effort to place a sharper focus on Public Service Reform,” the posts of Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service will be separated, with Dr. Derrick Binns to continue as the Head of the Civil Service, while the role of Secretary to the Cabinet will be filled.
Jobs for the boys. Friends and Family now in full swing.
Totally agree with you.
TO DEFLECTION:
After all the GARBAGE AND TRASH the notorious O.B.A. flung at and smashed in BORN BERMUDIANS’ faces, I am thrilled that Telemaque has been chosen.
Most of the oba ministers had their own businesses AND they were Government ministers, doing what they pleased. Dunkley , the yuck Fehy, The Reefs owner… Dodwell, and the like
Hey!!
Suck and lap it up. Get real and get on with your life.
If those are your thoughts, as stated, too bad!!
You had your turn!!
Not for the OBA…wasn’t Dunkley Born here?
Would you mind posting that again in English?
Were you foaming at the mouth when you typed this? I bet you have drool all over your cardigan.
One of the most common statements of the slave master to the slave was: DO AS I SAY AND NOT AS I DO!
That’s the permanent classc phrase from the PLP.
Btw, when he says: “Most of the oba ministers had their own businesses AND they were Government ministers, doing what they pleased. Dunkley , the yuck Fehy, The Reefs owner… Dodwell, and the like
Hey!!”, despite his factual inaccuracies, did any of that sound familiar to you? Or was it different somehow when you were in that exact position?
Who is the new secretary for national security?
You guys are such sore loosers. Jealous.
Didn’t the COI find that he and a few other Civil Servants have competency issues? Like incompetent?
TO GEESH::
YES!!
THEY ARE SORE LOSERS.
DO KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN AND REPEATEDLY CHECK YOUR BACK!!
Why would they do that.
Expand or prick.
It will be your own who stab you in the back………..but you don’t care. You would rather see the PLP in power and destroy Bermuda than the OBA who saved us from the mass destruction your party left.
Good luck N’Gods’Speed.
Do your best bye you are signing your acestrial name tuit so make them proud of your fairness and your integrity.