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The Premier and Cabinet Ministers will face the public over the Budget tomorrow when they host a special town hall meeting.
According to a statement issued this afternoon: “Members of the public will hear first hand from the Premier and Ministers abo...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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The Royal Gazette hit the streets of Hamilton yesterday to gauge how voters felt about Premier Paula Cox’s new Budget.
Many who spoke to this newspaper complimented Ms Cox on rolling back her two percent payroll tax hike from the year before.
Coral ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Premier Paula Cox's payroll tax reversal was an admission she got it wrong with last year's increase, Bermuda Democratic Alliance finance spokesman Michael Fahy said yesterday.
Mr Fahy accused the Finance Minister of a U-turn by dropping payroll from...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Millions of dollars cut from social and education programmes won't necessarily have a negative impact on their results, charity head Martha Dismont said yesterday.
The executive director of the Family Centre said the challenge to stakeholders now, is...
DATE: Feb 21, 2011
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The Centre on Philanthropy welcomed dignitaries including Governor Sir Richard Gozney, Minister of Public Information Services Neletha Butterfield and Senator David Burt to its new premises.
The centre’s chairman, Brian Madeiros welcomed them and som...
DATE: Feb 21, 2011
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Bermudian parents see English boarding schools as a means to broaden their childrens’ horizons and introduce them to the outside world.
This is the appraisal of two visiting headmasters who teamed up this week to scout for students on the Island.
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DATE: Feb 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Charities, including children’s foster home Sunshine League, are projected to lose more than $400,000 in grants as Government slashed its spending in yesterday’s Budget.
The Sunshine League, which has provided displaced children between the ages of ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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Budget
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Andy Warhol once said in the future everyone would be famous for 15 minutes.
Annie Young certainly had her moment in the spotlight yesterday arguably for all the wrong reasons.
Ms Young is the owner of True Reflections, a Hamilton store selling every...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The cost of interest alone on Bermuda’s spiralling public debt equates to $191,780 per day.
That is according to the Budget statement released by Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox yesterday, which shows that Government borrowing has surged past ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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Budget
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The Island's two senior schools have seen their budgets cut by more than 20 percent while learning support, counselling and summer school programmes have been cut by more than 30 percent.
Yesterday Minister of Education Dame Jennifer Smith announced ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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