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All Ministries are braced for cuts as Premier Paula Cox prepares a Budget many believe is the toughest Bermuda’s ever faced.
Economist Craig Simmons warned an aggressive austerity Budget tomorrow severely cutting back on Government or public spending...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Community workers who give up their time to help Bermuda will be honoured at the Drum Major awards on Saturday, February 20.
The awards, presented by the Progressive Labour Party, will go to tennis coach Sam Maybury , former school principal Melvyn B...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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The news that Egypt’s beleaguered president had finally stepped down after 18 days of mass protests came at an inconvenient time for some customers at Plaza Café where three of its staff members are Egyptian.
Sushi chef, Ahmed Ali, the most revolutio...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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Government would have enough money to largely pay for Bermuda’s new hospital if it had kept its running costs in line with its tax revenue during 2010/11, according to Peter Everson.
The Chamber of Commerce’s economic chairman put recent Government c...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda recorded the lowest number of air visitors in 30 years last year, but had one of the best years ever for cruise ship visitors. Cruise arrivals accounted for 60 percent of Bermuda's visitors in 2010, Minister of Tourism Patrice Minors revealed...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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Tourism
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The Ministry of Environment yesterday hit back at claims by environmentalist David Wingate’s regarding an SDO for Tucker’s Point, saying some of his statements were “unjustified and alarmist”.
Earlier this week Dr Wingate, a former conservation offic...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Minister of National Security David Burch is to spearhead a campaign aimed at making it easier to demolish abandoned building used for illegal activity.
Addressing the Senate yesterday, Senator Burch said the existing procedures to demolish a dereli...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Parks has reassured dog owners they can still walk their pets at the Botanical Gardens, just not in the main show ring.
AGovernment spokesman said yesterday: “It is the main ring only and dog owners / handlers still have access to t...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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National Security Minister David Burch said the police service would feel the pinch of financial cuts in Friday’s budget.
However, he told the Senate yesterday that if unexpected challenges arose, he would request more funds for the service.
“If ther...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charity helping people weather the financial storm expects it will soon need more cash than ever to cover a growing demand for its services.
The Salvation Army saw the need for its annual holiday assistance programme last December grow by nearly 3...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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