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by Finance Minister Grant Gibbons in yesterday's Budget. He told the House of Assembly: "This Government understands that our people are the key asset for economic prosperity in the modern global economy. "Accordingly, most of the expenditure in this...

Increases in the exempted company fee categories will vary from 0.89 percent in the lowest category, which rises from $1,680 to $1,695 per annum, to six percent in the highest category. It should also be noted that the penalty for late payment of the...

Government has provided its clearest hint yet that it may consider in the coming fiscal year increasing the legislated debt ceiling of $185 million to enable further borrowing. It comes as the most significant review of Bermuda's tax structure in dec...

Mr. Speaker, Government is conscious of the need for a social safety net and has built into its 1998-99 capital spending plan $3.15 million for an adolescent residential care facility and $450,000 for a prison half-way house. A further $215,000 will ...

is a budget which gives some support to tourism and international business while concentrating on the people by allocating $270 million to spending in such areas as education, training, health, youth, sports, social services and public safety. The Mi...

tomorrow's Budget. And he ailing tourism industry may be in line to get another shot in the arm in the last financial package before the General Election. But a touch of tenderness in dealing with the Island's social problems can also be expected -- ...

Shadow Human Affairs Minister Dr. Ewart Brown said that in his experience more than 68 percent of patients who make use of the medical services are women. "Women in Bermuda are more likely to seek medical advice and treatment,'' he said. "That is a t...

If Bermuda does not return to basics in education, the school system will continue to spiral downward to disaster as in the US and UK. Retiring St. George's Preparatory principal Mervyn Moorehead sounded this warning during the school mid-term break,...

Parliamentary Secretary for Women's Issues, Grace Bell , kicked off the debate on the Report of the Task Force on Women's Issues in the House of Assembly yesterday. The task force had broad community representation for its task of reviewing and asses...

Finance Grant Gibbons will put the brakes on Government spending. That would be a logical thing to do in an election year but we doubt that he will curtail Government expenditure as much as many members of the public would like him to. There are stro...