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Government has unveiled its fiscal plan to address what the Premier called Bermuda’s “financial tsunami” as Finance Minister Bob Richards delivered his first Budget Statement yesterday.
A new statutory debt ceiling of $2.5 billion, $330 million in ad...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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The Bermuda Post Office has unveiled a series of commemorative stamps celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Philatelic Bureau said: “The new set of commemorative stamps consist of five s...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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The Opposition Progressive Labour Party has criticised the new Budget as a boon for non-Bermudians and employers while imposing hardship on “everyday Bermudians and seniors”.
“The OBA’s plan to increase the cost of bus passes and increase vehicle lic...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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Cancer charity PALS lost its $56,000 Government grant in the 2013/14 Budget.
The majority of charities didn’t have their funding cut for the coming fiscal year; WindReach is set to receive a $10,000 boost to its coffers.
However grants and contributi...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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The Island’s two Government rest homes were dealt modest funding cuts in the latest Budget.
Funding for the East End’s Sylvia Richardson Care Facility fell 5.8 percent — from $5.47 million to $5.27 million.
Lefroy House lost 5.7 percent of its $5.4 m...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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Independent MP Terry Lister declared himself pleased with the new Government’s inaugural budget.
“It shows us in far more detail where we stand with regard to our debt position,” he told The Royal Gazette.
“The Minister has put forward a projection l...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board last night admitted it would be “challenged” by budgetary constraints after it received a Government subsidy of $104 million, unchanged from last year.
But the Ministry of Health and Seniors got a two percent boost in yest...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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Motorists will have to fork out more to get their vehicles on the road while smokers and drinkers will be encouraged to cut down on their vices through tax increases proposed in yesterday’s Budget.
Finance Minister Bob Richards said Government was re...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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The real estate sector yesterday applauded a reduction in the licence fees for non-Bermudians to buy property.
Coldwell Banker Bermuda Realty described them as “an amazing opportunity”.
Finance Minister Bob Richards had earlier said the changes amoun...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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Author Rodney Smith Jr started out offering relationship tips to women as “just a hobby”.
The response he got was strong enough that he decided to put his advice somewhere people could access it permanently.
The result is ‘Words From a Gentleman: Fro...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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