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fan out across the Island in a bid to profile Bermuda at the dawn of the 21st Century.
At last report, Chief Statistician Janet Smith-Bradshaw said recruitment for census takers was coming along, with around 300 people already set to receive training...
DATE: Feb 21, 2000
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presented by Finance Minister Eugene Cox yesterday.
To His Honour the Speaker and Members of the Honourable House of Assembly Mr. Speaker, The Budget for 2000/01, the first for Bermuda in this new century, reflects this Government's intention to la...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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$71m for new school Employee payroll tax to rise Ferry and bus fares face hikes Police get $766,000 more money A total of nearly $529 million will be spent by Government this year -- an increase of $17.66 million on the previous year -- and with ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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The new Government inherited a situation with regard to our 1986 Tax Convention with the United States that had to be addressed immediately.
Extensive discussions, two visits to Washington with a team from the Finance Ministry and a return visit to B...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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Additional expenditure relating to Y2K totalling $201,000 was needed to replace a non-compliant fire alarm system at the Ministry of Health and a telephone system at all Prison facilities. Design fees and development costs for dock facilities for the...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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many ways won it the 1998 Election -- comes through very clearly in yesterday's Budget.
There is nothing wrong with that. Focused spending on education is an investment in Bermuda's long term future, especially as the Island moves into the "new econo...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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Government intends to spend $71 million, over three years, to build a new Berkeley Institute in a move to complete "unfinished business''.
This adds one year to previous commitments, but came as welcome news to the man who heads the school's board of...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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Patrick Burgess
Angry shopkeepers yesterday blasted the Budget as too little -- and maybe too late -- to save some struggling retailers.
Ian Smith, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce retail division, said: "The chamber is disappointed at the level of relief given t...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Tax breaks for shopkeepers and a bigger investment in education and training are on the cards for today's Budget, The Royal Gazette has learned.
And -- despite calls from Finance Minister Eugene Cox for belt-tightening -- the Police service could als...
DATE: Feb 18, 2000
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Budget since the party took power in November, 1998.
Finance Minister Eugene Cox's February, 1999 Statement was a hybrid effort because the new Government had only four months to work on the Budget and much of the groundwork had been laid before the ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2000
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