114 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Budget"
The public were last night urged to help Government make the most of limited funds, as Premier Paula Cox warned her Ministers not to expect to get everything they want in next week’s Budget.
“The challenge for me with a Budget coming up is to deal wi...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Bermuda Industrial Union has called an urgent meeting for today for all BIU members who work for the Department of Education.
Union organiser Louis Somner has called the session at 11.30am at BIU headquarters in Hamilton to discuss various concer...
DATE: Jan 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Independent Senator Walwyn Hughes questioned whether Government would be able to meet its promised 15 percent spending cuts as Senators debated the Budget.
“In 2009-2010 the supplementary estimates to the Budget were $83 million,” he said. “In 2010-...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Premier Paula Cox admitted yesterday it was “an embarrassment” that the Department of Financial Assistance spent almost $10 million more than its $25 million budget for this fiscal year.
The Finance Minister was responding to harsh criticism in the H...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
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
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
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
Charities, including children’s foster home Sunshine League, are projected to lose more than $400,000 in grants as Government slashed its spending in yesterday’s Budget.
The Sunshine League, which has provided displaced children between the ages of ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Andy Warhol once said in the future everyone would be famous for 15 minutes.
Annie Young certainly had her moment in the spotlight yesterday arguably for all the wrong reasons.
Ms Young is the owner of True Reflections, a Hamilton store selling every...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
