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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
Planning Minister Walter Roban said the Planning Department has improved efficiency and has made customer service a priority.
But Opposition Leader Kim Swan said bureaucracy in the Department has lead to frustration in the public.
“The Ministry’s opt...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Opposition MPs have praised Government for increasing funds for investigative bodies like the Ombudsman’s and Auditor General’s offices.
The two entities were spared from budget cuts that affected many government services.
The Ombudsman’s office bu...
DATE: Mar 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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An additional $2.7 million has been allocated to the police team that investigates murders and shootings despite the overall police budget being slashed by $7.5 million.
There has been a 130 percent increase on last year’s allocation to the Special I...
DATE: Mar 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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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
The Bermuda Society of Arts will continue to run normally, despite not receiving a Government grant.
Gallery Director Julie Hastings-Smith said the $30,000 grant, which was cut from the 2011/12 Budget, was intended to fund a education project, not to...
DATE: Feb 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Employees could be worse off in 2011/12 than they were two years ago, despite Government’s payroll tax rollback.
Payroll tax for most jobs will go down from 16 percent to 14 percent, a reduction of two percentage points or 12.5 percent.
But employers...
DATE: Feb 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Budget reductions to the Department of Public Transportation will result in the financial equivalent to taxpayers of nine fewer full-time drivers.
However, Transportation Minister Terry Lister said that due to rescheduling the bus service to limit ov...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hospital subsidies are projected to have risen by 17 percent last year due to long term patients and high utilisation of health care services.
In 2010 the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) estimated that subsidies for King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Government expects a 100 percent increase in revenue from parking tickets on stationary vehicles next year, but a 35 percent drop in revenue from moving traffic fines.
The Budget book shows Government expects $1.5 million to pour into its coffers fro...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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