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Bermuda headquarters yesterday chanting: "We want our grats back!'' And Bermuda Industrial Union president Mr. Ottiwell Simmons MP warned HEB head Mr. John Harvey: "If the hotels don't pay them back, of course, we will have to take the matter much f...
DATE: Feb 23, 1994
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on the frustrations of ZBM television and Bermuda Cablevision coverage of the Winter Olympics at Lillehammer, Norway.
What seems to have thoroughly annoyed a great many people over the past weekend was the interruption of BCTV Channel 18 during the t...
DATE: Feb 22, 1994
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The Governor of the Bank of England, Mr. Eddie George, last night predicted less violent fluctuations in interest rates, and lower rates of return in the second half of the nineties.
In a speech discussing global competition, Mr. George, who is on th...
DATE: Feb 22, 1994
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Given that Government had agreed on the new school system, it should have followed the PLP's advice and instituted a system of, prudent borrowing and capital improvements on the proposed middle schools we recommended. The Government should have been ...
DATE: Feb 22, 1994
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Wilson who has been missing for more than a week.
Mr. Wilson, of Northcliff Lane, Devonshire, was last seen at 8 p.m. on February 14 at Devonshire Recreation Club field.
His family are concerned for his safety, said Police spokesman P.c. Gary Venning...
DATE: Feb 22, 1994
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The PLP has argued that should the Foreign Exchange Controls be lifted and monies be freely exported for overseas investment, the monies currently available for mortgages would be severely reduced and property values would slump. Some might argue tha...
DATE: Feb 22, 1994
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WE CANNOT TURN AWAY FROM THE FUTURE.
Mr. Speaker, this is the thread running through the Progressive Labour Party Budget Reply. 1994 is a crossroads year and offers tremendous potential for growth and expansion for this Island. However, Mr. Speaker, ...
DATE: Feb 22, 1994
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We not only want to woo the international businesses and their financiers here, but we also want them to be encouraged to stay. Let us look at making our fees and rents more competitive so that the cost of doing business here, compares favourably wit...
DATE: Feb 22, 1994
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Once again, the cost of owning a vehicle is increasing through vehicle licence and other fees. This is a nuisance tax and the increase will only bring the Government $900,000 in a budget of $385 million, only 0.30 percent. Although, the economy is st...
DATE: Feb 22, 1994
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the future, Shadow Finance Minister Mr. Eugene Cox charged yesterday.
"Mr. Mrs. and Ms Average Bermuda will bear the heaviest tax burdens,'' he told MPs.
"It was not enough that they were the ones who bore the brunt of the recession. Now they are bei...
DATE: Feb 22, 1994
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