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Bob Richards yesterday spelt out the danger to the country of failing to tackle the Government’s debt mountain, while announcing an annual budget that will add to it.
The finance minister said the debt burden “undermines our ability to support the ne...
DATE: Feb 20, 2016
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Politics
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David Burt, the Shadow Minister of Finance, has warned that local businesses will end up closing as a result of the tax increases contained in the Budget.
Speaking shortly after the conclusion of the 2016-17 Budget statement by Bob Richards, the Mini...
DATE: Feb 20, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Budget Day. (Photographs by David Skinner and Akil Simmons)
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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Other
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Emotions have been running high since the announcement of the potential closure of four public primary schools and members of the public are being urged to let their voices be heard.
Parents, teachers and other stakeholders have been holding emergenc...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Opposition MP Walton Brown has urged Government to “listen to a voice of reason”, after chanting protesters shut down Wednesday’s meeting on immigration reform.
Michael Fahy, Minister of Home Affairs, accused Mr Brown of instigating the disturbance ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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Politics
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One Bermuda Alliance backbencher Mark Pettingill says his party’s plan to outlaw same-sex marriage is “very disconcerting” and may breach international human rights law.
The MP and lawyer, who is representing a couple seeking to wed on the island, wa...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The size of classrooms and a lack of funding for public primary schools are among the Bermuda Government’s most serious concerns, according to the school reorganisation (Score) report.
The report, commissioned by Wayne Scott, the Minister for Educat...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A painter who was caught with more than $200,000 worth of drugs and $11,000 in cash has told a jury he found the stash buried on the Railway Trail.
Dwayne Gilbert told the Supreme Court yesterday that he intended to use the heroin, cocaine and crack ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Forty years ago Herbie Adderley and his friend Donald Morris embarked upon an ambitious marine project.
For 15 months they worked tirelessly with the help of family and friends to build the 68ft Reef Explorer from a new and untried material called a...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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Other
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Protesters who disrupted a meeting on new immigration policies for long-term residents have spoken to The Royal Gazette about the frustrations that drove them to vent their anger in public.
Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, criticised the ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
