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A barely-noticed tax rise will send food prices up, wholesale distributor Butterfield & Vallis warned yesterday.
Wharfage fees will be hiked 13.6 percent from 1.1 percent to 1.25 percent as Government takes over responsibility for their collection fr...
DATE: Mar 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards last night dismissed Government’s claim there’s a new sheriff in town saying huge mistakes have happened under Premier Paula Cox’s watch as Finance Minister.
Mr Richards told the House of Assembly Ms Cox had faile...
DATE: Mar 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Thirty-two young people have been placed in on-the-job training under Government’s National Certification and Apprenticeship Programme.
Junior Economy Minister Ashfield DeVent told the House of Assembly the initiative would give participants the chan...
DATE: Mar 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox promised a tighter rein on finances after the United Bermuda Party laid into repeated overspending at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
On Friday night, MPs approved overspends of $39.9 million in the Finance and Health Ministries ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Democratic Alliance MP Donte Hunt last night bemoaned the “terrible travesty” of budget cuts in family services as Bermuda grapples with escalating social problems.
And Mr Hunt said civil servants face a massive challenge to fulfil Government...
DATE: Mar 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
MPs reignited their fight over the Corporation of Hamilton last night as they approved legislation allowing Government to collect wharfage fees formerly levied by the municipality.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards said he was struggling to see wh...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Democratic Alliance MP Mark Pettingill clashed with Attorney General Michael Scott as MPs rowed over sweeping cuts to the Justice budget.
Mr Pettingill complained it was illogical for funding on rehabilitation projects to go down while recidi...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government overspent by $15 million on King Edward VII Memorial Hospital during the current fiscal year.
The House of Assembly will now be asked to approve that figure, as well as an extra $2.25 million spending on health insurance within the Ministr...
DATE: Mar 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday said every aspect of Bermudian life is at risk because Premier Paula Cox’s Budget failed to tackle the economic crisis.
Describing her Budget as “nothing more than a plan to avoid a plan”, Mr Richards un...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox's payroll tax reversal was an admission she got it wrong with last year's increase, Bermuda Democratic Alliance finance spokesman Michael Fahy said yesterday.
Mr Fahy accused the Finance Minister of a U-turn by dropping payroll from...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
