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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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education.
The Government is keen to get input from all sectors of the community as it bids to develop new ideas for educating the Island's youngsters, and soon all will get their chance.
And the information which results from the forum will be forwa...
DATE: Feb 16, 2000
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The Labour minister is watching the developments surrounding the dockworkers dispute and has "registered her concerns'' about today's mass union meeting.
And Stevedoring Services human resources manager Sen. Milton Scott declined to comment yesterday...
DATE: Feb 15, 2000
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Sports officials last night angrily rejected claims by Opposition MP Tim Smith that their clubs benefit from drug dealing on their grounds.
Some clubs admitted drug dealing was a problem, but said they worked with Police to try to kick out the dealer...
DATE: Feb 14, 2000
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Senator Milton Scott, that they refused to work with him, an insider has revealed.
The source said that a Bermuda Industrial Union letter giving five days notice of an overtime ban, which has landed the union in court, singled out Sen.
Scott as one o...
DATE: Feb 14, 2000
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Bermuda's public school teachers have finally reached agreement with Government on their contracts.
Conceding that they did have to compromise, Bermuda Union of Teachers secretary Michael Charles described the new agreement as "a win win situation''....
DATE: Feb 12, 2000
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