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A tax increase at ports will have a “very minimal effect” on expenses for wholesalers importing goods, Premier Paula Cox stressed yesterday.
Distributor Butterfield & Vallis, and both Opposition parties, have criticised the rise in wharfage fees from...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Ministers should take a pay cut to lead by example during the recession, according to Opposition Senate Leader Jeanne Atherden.
The Shadow Economy, Trade and Industry Minister also claimed yesterday that Bermuda had become “uncompetitive” as a financ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Cabinet Ministers David Burch and Kim Wilson yesterday paid tribute in the Senate to a former MP and “lady of labour” who died on Sunday.
Senator Burch described union activist Barbara Ball as a “fearless icon of this Country’s labour movement” and a...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda International Film Festival starts Friday with the Unwrapped Party at Rum Bar on Victoria Street.
Guests will include the stars of BIFF 2011: filmmakers, the competition film jury and industry experts.
The party will feature a backdrop of...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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A ship carrying fertiliser from Russia to Mississippi was diverted to Bermuda due to a medical emergency.
The Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre said the 20,659-ton bulk carrier Federal Yukon travelled here on Tuesday around 11pm, so that a doctor co...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government yesterday promised to match up to $50,000 in donations to the Bermuda Red Cross Japan Quake/Tsunami Disaster Fund.
Northern Japan was struck by the strongest earthquake in the nation’s recorded history last Friday. That event was followed ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 600 people are registered as unemployed and seeking work through the Department of Labour and Training.
According to a response to Parliamentary Questions raised by UBP Senator Michael Dunkley, the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry had...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Democratic Alliance members remain split on their amalgamation with the United Bermuda Party as discussions between the two parties continue.
Many BDA members particularly those not previously in the UBP are said to want further assurances th...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A policewoman sobbed as she described witnessing the aftermath of a fatal shooting, then realising her cousin Kumi Harford was the victim.
Melesia Iris, 27, an authorised firearms officer, was off duty the night Mr Harford, 30, was murdered on St Mon...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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Only five people applied to be a waiter after Government’s Hospitality Job Fair Senator Kim Wilson said.
Answers to Parliamentary Questions yesterday revealed 600 people have registered as unemployed at the Department of Labour and Training.
Last mo...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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