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International business leaders yesterday called for no extra taxes on the Island's biggest economic sector in today's Budget.
And one warned the Island could start losing offshore enterprise if the cost of trading from Bermuda increased.
And the man ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2000
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part of a two-day Commonwealth think-tank on good government.
The bill for the overnight stay by as many as 25 Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and Commonwealth Secretariat staff -- even at special winter rates -- could run as high as $3,700 for one ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2000
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Royal Gazette can reveal.
For Dessaline Waldron is odds-on favourite to take unopposed the leadership of the Island's smallest political organisation, the National Liberal Party.
And that would mean women in charge of all three parties -- thought to ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2000
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The return of controversial fish pots will not be ruled out, Environment Minister Arthur Hodgson said yesterday.
But he warned that any change in the current ban would have to be based on scientific evidence -- and that commercial fishermen would fac...
DATE: Feb 12, 2000
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MPs yesterday backed a new law aimed at giving children born outside marriage with just one Bermudian parent a chance to live and work on the Island.
But Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Paula Cox stressed that Bermuda was not opening the floo...
DATE: Feb 12, 2000
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Controversial mega cruise ships are set to go under the microscope in the historic old capital of Bermuda.
And the views of local people on the potential problems or benefits of the new generation of super ships is to be canvassed as part of an exhib...
DATE: Feb 10, 2000
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A tough bill drawn up to hit the parents of hooligan children in their pockets should be brought before MPs as soon as possible, Shadow Health and Social Services Minister Kim Young said yesterday.
And she added the 1998 bill -- which also gives powe...
DATE: Feb 10, 2000
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Commercial fish farms could be the wave of the future to maximise Bermuda's marine-based economy.
Environment Minister Arthur Hodgson revealed that fish farming -- breeding of fish in large cage-like enclosures -- had been looked at in the massive Gr...
DATE: Feb 10, 2000
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The size of cars allowed on Bermuda's roads is set to go up on safety grounds, it was revealed yesterday.
And tougher regulations to cut down on vehicle emissions are also in the pipeline, according to Transport Minister Ewart Brown.
But car buyers c...
DATE: Feb 09, 2000
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Finance Minister Eugene Cox hammered home Bermuda's tough financial regulation at a meeting of world movers and shakers in Switzerland, it was revealed yesterday.
He also said e-commerce was the "buzz word'' at the forum -- highlighting the need for ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2000
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