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Opposition MP Mark Pettingill claimed the public has no idea how police money is being spent because the National Security budget has been “farcically” laid out.
The One Bermuda Alliance politician complained that, unlike in previous years, the Budge...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Bermuda Cadet Corps is to be disbanded due to rising operating costs, National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief told the House of Assembly.
The programme will be replaced after its annual camp in September, with the more cost-effective Bermuda ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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Budget
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Hospital fees will be raised by two percent to generate an extra $4.8 million over the next fiscal year.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva said one percent of the increase is for inflation and the other one percent is because of the new hospital construct...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Monetary Authority fees for special purpose insurers will be cut by almost 50 percent under legislation approved by the House of Assembly.
Registration fees will be reduced from $11,600 to $6,000 in an attempt to make it more attractive for t...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Advocates for the elderly have commended Premier Paula Cox’s decision not to make seniors pay to license larger cars.
Age Concern director Claudette Fleming said: “With respect to the Premier’s response of fine-tuning the original conditions outlined...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Finance has spent more than $3 million on consultants this fiscal year.
Figures provided by the Ministry in response to parliamentary questions put forward by Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards show that between April 1, 2011 and Fe...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Industrial action has ended at Riddell’s Bay Golf and Country Club after the dismissal of a staff member was sent to arbitration.
Colleagues protested outside the club on Wednesday and Thursday last week, following the termination of food and beverag...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A law change enabling a standard 25 percent duty rate to be charged on goods imported for personal use was introduced in the House of Assembly by Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox.
The Island’s courier companies hit out at the move when it was f...
DATE: Mar 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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With 780 government-owned buildings to maintain, Government Minister of Estates and Information Services Michael Scott disclosed last night that government is faced with the ongoing discovery of mould, now that most government buildings are approachi...
DATE: Mar 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Health Minister Zane DeSilva gave a review of spending in his Ministry in the House of Assembly, against the backdrop of a nine percent rise in health costs last year.
The National Health Plan, designed to provide universal access to healthcare by 20...
DATE: Mar 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
