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The Budget does very little to help the non-profit sector, charity leaders said yesterday.
Jennifer Burland-Adams, the co-chair of the Non-Profit Division of the Chamber of Commerce, said that she was “disappointed” workers with registered charities ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Plans to cut funding for unfilled public-sector posts will save the Government $20 million, the finance minister said yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson confirmed a pledge made last month to “defund” vacant positions so that the cash could be used elsewhere...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
When Tania Stafford went for treatment at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute she felt she had been transported to a 1950s-style asylum.
It was old with tatty furnishings, decades old magazines were in the reception area and a faded poster of a tall ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The maintenance of school buildings must get better, the shadow education minister said yesterday.
Ben Smith warned that renovated schools would deteriorate fast if work was neglected.
Mr Smith said: “We have a lot of buildings that are old – it’s ab...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Curtis Dickinson yesterday paid tribute to Anthony Manders, the former Financial Secretary, who died unexpectedly earlier this year at the age of 59.
“The void he has left has been keenly felt as we have worked through this budget process for the fir...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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The Government has committed to a $10 million guarantee to support further development of the Bermudiana Beach Resort in Warwick.
In his Budget speech, Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said the redevelopment of the property – originally ere...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A “project management team” is to be created to help boost the economy, the finance minister announced yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said during his 2021-22 Budget statement that a list of 30 policy changes and initiatives had been developed to “accele...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Minister of Finance Curtis Dickinson released his 2021/22 Budget today. Here, Deloitte gives it assessment in its Bermuda Budget snapshot.
You can see our full story on the Budget here and a story on how the net debt has now gone through the $3 ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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The finance minister today signalled that a special fund created as the Government’s piggy bank would be used to cover a Budget deficit.
Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said the Government expected to be short by $124.5 million in the 2021/22...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Covid-19 case has been identified at a secondary school, it was revealed this morning.
A spokesman for the board of governors at the Berkeley Institute in Pembroke said an individual had been confirmed as infected.
The spokesman added: “The individ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor