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Bermuda’s international business chiefs said they would swallow increased taxes if the Government continued to cut its costs and pushed ahead with reforms in the public service.
Insiders added that the sector wanted to see the Government live up to i...
DATE: Feb 20, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A loggerhead turtle that underwent life-saving surgery to remove a rusting hook that had became embedded in her throat has started to eat for herself.
The turtle, who has been named Daisy by the hospital surgeons, is continuing to gain weight as she ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2016
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Government spending figures for the fiscal year ahead show a $7.3 million drop, reflecting the shift of the Department of Civil Aviation into a quango.
The move had been announced last month by Shawn Crockwell, the Minister of Tourism Development and...
DATE: Feb 20, 2016
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Politics
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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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
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
