Bermuda: Ten per cent pay cut for Cabinet ministers

Bermuda's MPs have passed a resolution giving cabinet ministers a 10 per cent pay cut effective April 1.

Premier Craig Cannonier said the overall saving was relatively small, but in the country's present economic and fiscal circumstances, it is the right thing to do.

The Premier’s salary will decrease from US$168,069 to US$151,262 a year, while the Deputy Premier’s pay goes from US$125,491 to US$112,942.

Other ministers in the House of Assembly will be reduced from US$112,046 to US$100,841.
The same pay is set for ministers serving in the Senate.

The cut in ministerial salaries was pledged by Cannonier when he was  sworn in as Premier following the victory of the One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) in the December general election.

The House recently authorised raising the national debt ceiling from US$1.45 billion to US$2.5 billion before the country's coffers ran dry.

Like our new Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/gleanerjamaica

Follow us on Twitter

onlinefeedback@gleanerjm.com