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The following is the full transcript of last night's television address by Premier Jennifer Smith.
Good evening.
Fellow Bermudians, residents, friends of Bermuda and all who are stakeholders in this country. Last Friday the Minister of Finance presen...
DATE: Feb 22, 2002
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The Ministry of Works and Engineering met yesterday with subcontractors to finalise when refurbishment work will be restarted on Spice Valley Middle School.
Minister Alex Scott said that if all parties can agree, he hoped building work on the Warwick...
DATE: Feb 21, 2002
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The bill granting full British citizenship to Britain's colonial subjects goes back to the House of Lords next week for what will likely be its final debate before being rubber-stamped by the Queen.
And British policymakers have guaranteed that the n...
DATE: Feb 21, 2002
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Premier Jennifer Smith will take home $100,866 in total income for doing the people's work - $35,599 for being an MP and over $65,000 for being the Premier.
The figure represents a raise of just under $2,000 - but it begins to pale in comparison to t...
DATE: Feb 20, 2002
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Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PWC) criticism of the country's Budget has been denounced by the Finance Minister Eugene Cox as "alarmist" and lacking in substance.
And, responding to criticism on the level of debt planned for the coming yea...
DATE: Feb 18, 2002
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Long-time politician, banker and farmer Thomas Haskins (Hackie) Davis died at home last week a contented man.
The 83-year-old had just enjoyed his favourite meal of Bermuda fish, was sitting at home in his favourite armchair, had his pet dog at his f...
DATE: Feb 18, 2002
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Government schools will receive a big slice of the capital projects cash within the coming year.
It is estimated that out of the total $109 million set aside for buildings and infrastructure, more than 30 percent will be absorbed into the education s...
DATE: Feb 16, 2002
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The Budget may be the engine that turns the wheels of Government - but it also proves vital for the survival for many smaller, yet still important, organisations on the Island.
Among Finance Minister Eugene Cox's Budget for 2002-03 yesterday was almo...
DATE: Feb 16, 2002
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Finance Ministry officials say the zero-based budgeting approach could "theoretically" minimise the need for supplementary budget requests - barring unforeseen events such as another terror attack on the United States.
Five Government departments wen...
DATE: Feb 16, 2002
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In what Finance Minister Eugene Cox himself conceded could be described as a "sweetheart budget", if not an election budget, residents have been spared an onslaught of tax increases for the coming fiscal year.
In fact yesterday's Budget, while provid...
DATE: Feb 16, 2002
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