154546 results returned for search: "" category "News"
of bad habits going through the roof.
The biggest increase is one Winston Churchill would despise -- a 33.5 percent hike in the tax on cigars.
Cigarettes will now cost 13 cents a smoke, up three cents a cigarette and $6.00 a carton -- a rise of 30 pe...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
in his care has been jailed for four years.
Michael Anthony Hayward, 19, of Seawall Drive, Sandys, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a young person -- the maximum sentence is 15 years.
Both defence and prosecution said that Hayward was still "...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
The body representing international companies in Bermuda has reacted with "real disappointment'' at the small change in the amount of Payroll Tax they will have to fork out.
In a strong statement, the head of the International Companies Division of t...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Government has made law and order a priority with a spending boost nearly three times the rate of inflation.
Finance Minister Eugene Cox said: "The construction of the new purpose-built facility to house the Magistrate's Court and the Hamilton Police...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
A Jamaican drugs mule who said the devil made him import more than $153,000 worth of cocaine in his stomach began an eight-year jail sentence yesterday.
Glenroy Evalle Harvey, a Christian, begged for mercy after claiming he had made the doomed attemp...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Government's Transport budget is almost unchanged from last year, but changes in areas such as the taxi industry could meet with resistance.
Included in Finance Minister Eugene Cox's Budget was a proposal to establish a flat fee of $1,500 per annum i...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Finance Minister Eugene Cox said Government was mindful that in a small Island community, issues of sustainable growth and development are best addressed through proper planning and effective policy coordination.
And he said the new Budget underscore...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
most beloved graduates and its longest serving trustee, Francis `Goose' Gosling.
Headmaster Nigel Kermode has said that the closure for anyone other than a Head of State is unprecedented in the school's 113 year history.
He said: "Saltus has not clos...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
The economy continues to grow at a strong and steady rate. Growth in GDP is estimated at 2.9 percent for the current fiscal year compared to 3.3 percent in 1999/00.
International business was the largest contributor to economic growth in 2000 which a...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
order to fly home to Canada to see her dying mother.
Lydia Madeiros, 35, admitted stealing a total of $250 on two separate occasions last November from Docksiders club on Front Street.
She said she stole the cash to help pay for an air ticket to Cana...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
