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The new import duty rates go into effect this weekend.
As of Sunday, a standard rate of 25 percent will be charged for such items as clothes, jewellery, electronics and household furniture and appliances.
The duty for wine and champagne will be $2.6...
DATE: Mar 31, 2012
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Budget
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Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert has accused government and private sector employers of merging together to roll back the rights of unionised workers.
And at a press conference held at union headquarters yesterday he charged that the...
DATE: Mar 30, 2012
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Budget
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Senators clashed over Government’s soaring debt once more as the Budget debate came to an end last night.
One Bermuda Alliance Senators Michael Dunkley and Michael Fahy criticised Government for treating the Sinking Fund as a piggy bank, mismanaging ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2012
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Less than a handful of residents turned out for the last of a series of town hall meetings to discuss the 2012/13 National Budget at Victor Scott School on Tuesday night.
DCI head, Dwayne Caines, in closing out the meeting for the ‘faithful few’ note...
DATE: Mar 29, 2012
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Budget
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The Opposition expressed concern over the timescale for two major capital projects to be completed during the Senate debate on the 2012 budget for Public Works.
Presenting the budget, Government said the project to replace the Causeway bridge to St G...
DATE: Mar 26, 2012
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Budget
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The budget for the Ministry of Business Development and Tourism was approved in the Senate, with the One Bermuda Alliance calling for a new approach.
Speaking during the debate yesterday, OBA Senator Michael Dunkley said that Bermuda has slipped away...
DATE: Mar 24, 2012
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Budget
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Government will net $4 million in 2012/13 as a result of fee increases approved by Senators.
One major increase aims to deter people who start planning developments before getting permission, by increasing retroactive application fees to ten times th...
DATE: Mar 24, 2012
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Budget
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A standardised 25 percent duty rate on imported personal goods was approved by Senators last night.
Personal duty free allowance for goods brought in through the airport will also increase from $100 to $200 per person under the Customs Tariff Amendme...
DATE: Mar 24, 2012
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Budget
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A 24 percent increase in spending for the Cabinet Office was highlighted in the debate on the Budget in the Senate yesterday.
But the ruling party insisted that the wrong budget year was being addressed.
Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley repea...
DATE: Mar 24, 2012
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Budget
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Industrial action has been called by CableVision workers, effective today, over what the Bermuda Industrial Union called “long-standing, festering” disputes with management.
“Workers have decided to cease working until we can get some sort of agreeme...
DATE: Mar 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
