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Backbencher Dale Butler said heads must roll unless reported bad practices such as the Victoria's Secret affair can be properly explained.
In a fiery speech which landed him in trouble with the House Speaker, Mr. Butler hit out at his own Government'...
DATE: Mar 06, 2010
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Bermuda Democratic Alliance accused Government of failing to follow its own advice on prudence — and hampering poor families' ability to buy essential household goods.
Delivering the BDA's Budget response yesterday, MP Shawn Crockwell told the House ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2010
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards will today make what the United Bermuda Party claims is the most important Budget Reply in the modern era.
A tough week for Finance Minister Paula Cox — which has already seen her Budget come under fire from the p...
DATE: Mar 05, 2010
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Deputy Premier Paula Cox last night hit back at Progressive Labour Party critics who say her handling of the Finance Ministry shows she lacks the leadership skills to be Premier.
Other PLP MPs are now said to have launched rival campaigns to take ove...
DATE: Mar 05, 2010
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No payroll tax increase would be necessary if the Finance Ministry had stuck to its budget over the past three years, Chamber of Commerce Economics chairman Peter Everson said yesterday. Mr. Everson said Cabinet Ministers should set an example by tak...
DATE: Mar 03, 2010
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Dame Lois Browne Evans, Nelson Bascome, Ottiwell Simmons and Freddie Wade are just some of the names synonymous with the Progressive Labour Party stronghold now known as Pembroke East.
At the 2007 General Election, Walter Roban of the PLP defeated th...
DATE: Mar 03, 2010
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The renovation of Pig's Field park is a testimony to the community spirit of people in Pembroke East, according to area MP Walter Roban.
Playground equipment and a walking track were added to the park in Bandroom Lane last year as part of the Ministr...
DATE: Mar 03, 2010
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Government backbencher Wayne Perinchief yesterday said a payroll tax increase unfairly punishes blue collar workers already feeling the pinch from the economic crisis.
And both opposition parties complained workers are now being penalised for Governm...
DATE: Feb 27, 2010
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Finance Minister Paula Cox yesterday raised payroll tax to 16 percent — up from 14 percent — as she attempted to get to grips with the economic crisis with a $1.2 billion Budget.
Critics said the working poor are being unfairly punished for Governmen...
DATE: Feb 27, 2010
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Finance Minister Paula Cox last night pledged a fair and sensitive Budget — but warned not everybody will get what they're hoping for.
"The better policies are those where no one gets all that they might wish," Ms Cox told The Royal Gazette on the ev...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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