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An all-out attack on Government's record on Tourism is set to launch today's Opposition assault on last week's Budget.
And a swing at increases in Payroll Tax and Land Tax is also certain to figure as Shadow Grant Gibbons starts the full debate on th...
DATE: Feb 25, 2000
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Any attempts to legalise marijuana should be stubbed out, Shadow Health and Social Services Minister Kim Young said yesterday.
And she blasted Government Senator Calvin Smith for suggesting that marijuana use was acceptable to increasing numbers -- a...
DATE: Feb 25, 2000
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Angry shopkeepers yesterday blasted the Budget as too little -- and maybe too late -- to save some struggling retailers.
Ian Smith, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce retail division, said: "The chamber is disappointed at the level of relief given t...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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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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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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A former Premier yesterday backed an overseas businessman who warned that time limits on work permits could sound the death knell for money-spinning international business.
And he called on other top overseas business figures to speak their minds on ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2000
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Premier Jennifer Smith accused Opposition MPs of twisting her words to score political points in a row over a massive review of the Civil Service.
And Ms Smith added that suggestions that UK experts drafted in to probe the Island's bureaucracy had ha...
DATE: Jan 24, 2000
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The UK is set to change Bermuda's Constitution to redraw the political map of the Island.
The authors of a major report into the governing of Bermuda strongly hinted that action would be taken to slash the number of MPs from the current 40 and create...
DATE: Jan 13, 2000
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to set up a new body to ease the housing crisis for low-income families.
Charles Jeffers -- chairman of the National Liberal Party -- in making the official announcement yesterday, said he would now be trying to drum up support for his new project wi...
DATE: Dec 17, 1999
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Hope is the most vital ingredient for the future as Bermuda faces the Millennium, Premier Jennifer Smith said yesterday.
"As Government, we know that the only way for Bermuda to achieve its maximum potential is to include every Bermudian on this jour...
DATE: Dec 16, 1999
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