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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
The cost of interest alone on Bermuda’s spiralling public debt equates to $191,780 per day.
That is according to the Budget statement released by Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox yesterday, which shows that Government borrowing has surged past ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Programmes to help at-risk young people and small businesses were two victims of Premier Paula Cox’s cost-cutting Budget yesterday.
The Mirrors programme repeatedly heralded for turning around the lives of young men and women since its launch four ye...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox yesterday cut payroll tax, hoping to stimulate the economy and lead Bermuda into recovery from recession.
Reversing the unpopular two percentage point rise she imposed last year so payroll tax returns to 14 percent Ms Cox says she’s...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
