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Efforts to improve efficiency at the Department of Planning have resulted in more applications being processed quicker.
According to output measures listed in the Budget book 170 applications around 26 percent of all the applications received by the ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than $1 million in budget cuts at the Bermuda Regiment will hit both local training operations and wages.
According to the Budget, released on Friday, total budgeted wages at the Regiment are expected to fall from $2.9 million in 2010/11 to $1.7...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Royal Gazette hit the streets of Hamilton yesterday to gauge how voters felt about Premier Paula Cox’s new Budget.
Many who spoke to this newspaper complimented Ms Cox on rolling back her two percent payroll tax hike from the year before.
Coral ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The witness protection programme has prompted a 283 percent rise in the Ministry of Justice travel budget for the next fiscal year.
A total of $318,00 has allocated to travel expenses for the year beginning April 1, 2011. That compares to $83,000 for...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Bermuda’s courts have seen a 25 percent increase in the number of criminal cases they deal with in the past three years, according to new figures.
There is also a higher percentage of court cases that end with a conviction - 77 percent now compared t...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Employee pension and health care benefits should be added to the Budget to reflect the total costs of running the Government, according to the Chamber of Commerce.
Peter Everson, head of the Chamber’s Economic Division, said the current Budget accoun...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva has warned that the $7.5 million slash in his department’s funding may mean less of a response to non-emergency situations.
However, he pledged to keep the same focus on the fight against guns and gangs.
The Bermud...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Premier Paula Cox's payroll tax reversal was an admission she got it wrong with last year's increase, Bermuda Democratic Alliance finance spokesman Michael Fahy said yesterday.
Mr Fahy accused the Finance Minister of a U-turn by dropping payroll from...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A government body that compensates victims of crime has been allocated $46,000 less for the forthcoming budget year than for the last despite continued shootings.
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB) has been allocated $358,000 for 2011/12...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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After 21 years of business, Annie Young is preparing to close her store, True Reflections.
“It feels like I’m losing a family member,” she said yesterday. “We had a lot of people coming here for the last 21 years. We’ve seen them grow up.”
Describing...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
