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United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Dunkley has criticised Government for hitting businesses in the pocket with an “exorbitant” food licence fee increase.
Sen Dunkley told the Upper House businesses would have no choice other than to raise prices af...
DATE: Mar 31, 2011
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Property owners in Hamilton could end up like those who famously dropped tea into Boston Harbor in 1773, Independent Senator Walwyn Hughes warned yesterday.
But although United Bermuda Party Senators also questioned the wisdom of “disenfranchising” c...
DATE: Mar 31, 2011
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Restaurateurs claim they are being kicked while they’re down after landing massive hikes in licence fees.
One businessman told The Royal Gazette his Food Establishment Licence Fee had shot up from $615 to more than $1,400 as a result of new regulatio...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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New Bermuda Public Services Union president Kevin Grant says he’s committed to revitalising Bermuda not just the union as he reflected on claims inflated pay increases have hurt the Island.
Mr Grant stressed the need for thorough research and discuss...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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The Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO was approved yesterday paving the way for an expansion project aimed at rescuing the resort from financial ruin.
Once more the order was surrounded by controversy as, for the fourth debate in less than a month, it prov...
DATE: Mar 29, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
This is the concluding part of Friday’s debate in the Senate on the revised SDO for Tucker’s Point. The first part of the debate was published in Saturday’s newspaper.
Opposition Senate Leader Jeanne Atherden said she learnt that only developments o...
DATE: Mar 28, 2011
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United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan has urged Government to follow the example of union leader Maynard Dill in owning up to its mistakes.
Mr Dill, the Trade Union Congress past president, had conceded unions reaped “dire consequences” for the Island...
DATE: Mar 28, 2011
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A hotel expansion remains a key part of the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO, Junior Environment Minister David Burt pledged yesterday.
Critics had raised concerns the hotel component had been lost as Quarry Hill was removed from the order for environment...
DATE: Mar 26, 2011
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Tim Smith
The Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO was approved by the Senate last night after a hot-tempered debate in the Upper House.
Independent Senator Joan Dillas-Wright who opposed the order last week gave support to the scaled back development, giving Governmen...
DATE: Mar 26, 2011
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Tim Smith
Government Senator LaVerne Furbert last night lambasted opponents of the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO and hit back at suggestions she’s “dancing to the white man’s tune”.
Sen Furbert earned several rebukes from Senate President Carol Ann Bassett for m...
DATE: Mar 26, 2011
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