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Bermuda's tourism budget will barely increase in the coming year but Tourism Minister Renee Webb indicated that prudent times maybe ahead for the ministry.
The budget goes up from the $35.5 million to $35.9 million for 2003-04, with part of the incre...
DATE: Feb 15, 2003
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Government yesterday reiterated its commitment to improving education on the Island by earmarking more than $104 million of its budget to schools and learning for the coming year.
In his budget speech, Finance Minister Eugene Cox said the Department ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2003
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Government does not want to place too much pressure on the already-stretched construction industry and so will delay two major developments this year, Finance Minister Eugene Cox said yesterday.
During his budget speech on capital projects, the Minis...
DATE: Feb 15, 2003
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Finance Minister Eugene Cox's final first term budget was "as expected", said Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons.
"This was very much an election year budget with no further tax increases. Like flowers on Valentines Day, it was expected."
But he accused...
DATE: Feb 15, 2003
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Government's final budget before the next general elections will be "long on promises and lots of give-aways, and very short on solid economic planning", according to Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons.
Finance Minister Eugene Cox delivers the budget to...
DATE: Feb 14, 2003
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This is the full text of the 2002/2003 Budget Statement delivered by Finance Minister Eugene Cox in the House of Assembly today.
To His Honour the Speaker and Members of the Honourable House of Assembly
Mr. Speaker,
Once again it is my honour and dis...
DATE: Feb 14, 2003
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Minister for Education and Development Paula Cox has broken her silence on the slow progress of the new public secondary school and said no students will move in until it is totally finished.
During an interview with The Royal Gazette yesterday, Ms C...
DATE: Feb 13, 2003
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Teachers were yesterday given a substantial seven percent pay increase after months of arbitration talks brought on by strike action.
General secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) Michael Charles said members were pleased with the pay awar...
DATE: Feb 13, 2003
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UBP Environment spokesman Jamahl Simmons called for Bermudians to dispense with racism in a speech to the Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday.
The Howard University graduate told Rotarians: "We still see evidence of bigotry - from demeaning talk on the go...
DATE: Feb 12, 2003
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Four men arrested for allegedly taking part in what prosecutors called a "riot" at Number One Shed in the early hours of Sunday morning all pleaded not guilty in Plea Court yesterday to charges of assaulting Police officers and resisting arrest.
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DATE: Feb 12, 2003
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