Tag: 2014 in review
2014 in Review: Jobs and promotions
(CNS): The year ended with a flurry of scandals connected to government positions and, in the case of the prisons and the police services, the recruitment practices. Two senior officers from the immigration department have been put on required leave and a former acting chief fire officer is seeking a judicial review regarding the loss […]
2014 in Review: Island health
(CNS): After a Cabinet reshuffle mid-December, the health and environmental health portfolio is now under Premier Alden McLaughlin in his expanded ministry. Disgraced minister, Osbourne Bodden, has kept his seat in Cabinet with a greatly reduced ministry but it seems unlikely that the policies will change. The need to tackle the huge problem of waste […]
2014 in Review: sense and cents
(CNS): Finance Minister Marco Archer continued to gain respect across the political divide, for both his ability to deal fairly with opposition members and in his apparent success in getting government spending under control. However, reports from the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) revealed the staggering amount of unaccounted for spending during the last […]
