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The Ministry of Finance will see three new posts dedicated to supporting international business, while the work of the Bermuda International Business Association will get a $350,000 boost for its marketing effort.
And the Police Service will also get...
DATE: Feb 20, 1997
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Gibbons delivered yesterday was either a powerful demonstration of the strength of the Bermuda economy or an out-and-out election budget. The truth probably falls somewhere in between.
Last year, Government earned more money through tax revenues than...
DATE: Feb 20, 1997
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wide range of programmes within the Ministry of Youth Development, Sport and Recreation.
But how the money will be allocated will not be known until after the deadline for the sports governing bodies to make their requests to the Ministry.
"We have t...
DATE: Feb 20, 1997
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prices in return for tax cuts.
Yesterday Finance Minister Grant Gibbons bowed to calls for change, announcing a series of cuts in Customs duties on some tourist-related products.
However he made it plain he expects retailers to play their part saying...
DATE: Feb 20, 1997
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Government backbencher Tim Smith was banned from the House of Assembly during yesterday's sitting.
He was suspended for the day by House Speaker Ernest DeCouto when he decided not to publicly apologise for remarks he made to The Royal Gazette .
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DATE: Feb 20, 1997
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overturned his nine-month prison sentence.
Donald William Raether was sent to prison for nine months by Senior Magistrate Will Francis for grabbing a woman's arm and her breast on the dance floor of the Oasis night club last month.
Raether, 26, a nat...
DATE: Feb 19, 1997
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of mail arriving on the Island are sorted for delivery.
Postmaster General Clevelyn Crichlow said yesterday that with the postponement of the American Airlines pilots' strike, large consignments of mail had started arriving locally.
DATE: Feb 19, 1997
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funds to make their lives a little easier.
Now the Bermuda War Veterans Association has sent out an appeal for help.
"As people get older, so they require more assistance,'' said association president Frank Farmer.
The association's trustees relief f...
DATE: Feb 19, 1997
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DATE: Feb 19, 1997
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claimed Government was ignoring their bids to ease the effects of industrial action by Customs officers.
And Dr. Gibbons called on the four affected firms to come to an agreement for the lease of a new shed at the airport to replace the sub-standard ...
DATE: Feb 19, 1997
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
