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spokesman Jon Brunson said Government was doing nothing to address soaring house prices with the average home costing $1.2 million.
He said young Bermudians were working two jobs but were still broke. ?Does this budget address this issue??
He said th...
DATE: Feb 28, 2005
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To His Honour the Speaker and Members of the Honourable House of Assembly:
Mr. Speaker,
I am pleased to present to this Honourable House the United Bermuda Party reply to the 2005/2006 Budget Statement.
The community must feel a sense of d?j? vu afte...
DATE: Feb 26, 2005
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The United Bermuda Party did not know whether to laugh or cry at the 2005/06 Budget yesterday.
Seven years and nearly four billion dollars after the PLP was elected to Government, Shadow Finance Minister Grant Gibbons said yesterday, the social fabri...
DATE: Feb 26, 2005
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Finance Minister Paula Cox pulled off the near impossible yesterday ? introducing a budget than angered nobody and pleased just about everybody.
Indeed Hester is fast warming to Ms Cox who always seems to have shopaholics firmly in mind.
Last year sh...
DATE: Feb 19, 2005
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The Ministry of Health and Family Services has claimed 20 percent of the entire national budget as Government strove to emphasise its commitment to easing the healthcare costs of Bermuda?s senior citizens.
The Ministry received a total of $147.3 mill...
DATE: Feb 19, 2005
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No increase in taxes, funding for initiatives targeting seniors and housing, a template of small business concessions, and increased scope for public-private partnerships were all announced in the Budget yesterday as Government put the financial punc...
DATE: Feb 19, 2005
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Premier Alex Scott is intentionally ignoring the will of the people to further his own agenda on Independence, the leader of the lobby group Bermudians for Referendum claimed yesterday.
Michael Marsh told that his organisation had secured "well over...
DATE: Feb 18, 2005
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Bermudians without family ties to the UK are unlikely to retain British passports granted in 2002 if the Island goes independent, according to a letter from Governor Sir John Vereker to the Bermuda Independence Commission.
And the BIC will have an in...
DATE: Feb 18, 2005
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CONTINUING on the theme I initiated in last week's Commentary — in which I posed the question, "Who liberated Bermuda?" — I would be remiss indeed if I did not include a person on whose shoulders it could be argued the current Government sits. I spea...
DATE: Feb 18, 2005
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To His Honour the Speaker and Members of the Honourable House of Assembly
Mr. Speaker,
It is my privilege and honour to present the Country's National Budget for 2005/06 - a Budget that will indelibly mark the record of our tenure as the Government ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2005
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