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Cabinet Office Report: 100 Days in Office
The Cabinet Office today [Feb 4] released a status report ‘Resetting the Dial’, which outlines the new administration’s first 100 Days in office. While revitalising and relaunching Bermuda’s recession-battered economy and taking a zero tolerance policy towards crime are immediate priorities for Government, Premier Paula Cox says... Read more of this article
AG: Balancing Justice & Rehabilitation
Attorney General and Justice Minister Michael Scott said he has spent the last hundred days attempting to strike an “appropriate balance” between administering Bermuda’s laws and enhancing rehabilitation programmes. He highlighted the hiring of two new psychologists for the Bermuda prisons system, gang supervision training for the... Read more of this article
Minors: ‘Revitalising Gem of An Island’
Bermuda has attracted the interest of six hotel developers who are contemplating physical bricks-and-mortar investments in the island’s hospitality infrastructure, says Tourism and Business Development Minister Patrice Minors. Minister Minors said at a press conference yesterday [Feb. 3] in the hundred days since Premier Paula Cox had come to... Read more of this article
Minister Wilson: Work Permit Moratorium
[Updated with video] Minister of Economy, Trade & Industry Kim Wilson announced today [Feb. 3] there will be a moratorium on work permits in the landscape gardener, cleaners, kitchen and bar porters, housekeepers and skilled labourer categories and applications will be denied until Immigration officials are satisfied Bermudians are being given... Read more of this article
Dame Jennifer: It’s Back To Basics
[Updated with video] Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith said a back-to-basics approach which renewed emphasis on teaching and learning in Bermuda’s classrooms had characterised her first hundred days on the job. Speaking at a press conference today [Feb. 3] to mark the symbolic benchmark of Premier Paula Cox taking office, Dame Jennifer said... Read more of this article
Health Minister: ‘Leading By Example’
[Updated with video] Minister of Health Zane DeSilva said he has attempted to lead by example since being appointed to his portfolio by Premier Cox one hundred days ago — donating blood, having a colonoscopy and being vaccinated for flu in an effort to heighten public awareness of health management issues. Minister DeSilva said he has also... Read more of this article
Roban: Insert Bermuda into Satellite Industry
[Updated with video] Minister of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy Walter Roban spoke at a press conference this afternoon [Feb 3], and revealed that “there have been steps taken within our Ministry to insert the presence of Bermuda into the satellite industry,” and that the “European Space Agency has tentatively been... Read more of this article
Blakeney: ‘Empowerment of Our People’
[Updated with video] Development of an anti-doping sports act, the awarding of Cultural Legacy Fund grants to individuals and community organisations and groundbreaking on the new national swimming pool are just a few of the achievements of the last one hundred days, Minister of Youth, Families, Sports & Community Development Glenn Blakeney said... Read more of this article
Public Information Minister: First 100 Days
[Updated with video] To mark the first hundred days of Premier Paula Cox’s administration, Government Ministers today [Feb 3] held a press conference to highlight the accomplishments of the various departments and agencies which fall under their portfolios. Public Information Minister Neletha Butterfield said both the Bermuda National Library... Read more of this article
