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DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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Finance Minister Paula Cox last night pledged a fair and sensitive Budget — but warned not everybody will get what they're hoping for.
"The better policies are those where no one gets all that they might wish," Ms Cox told The Royal Gazette on the ev...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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Power goes out
Approximately 500 BELCO customers in Warwick were without power when a palm branch hit a power line yesterday.
The power line, which is on a mainline circuit in Warwick, was downed at approximately 2.30 p.m.
This left about 500 custome...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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Another teenage witness in the Kellon Hill murder trial has contradicted her evidence under cross-examination by the defence.
The 16-year-old schoolgirl told the jury she saw Kellan Lewis stab Mr. Hill with a knife, but later admitted to defence lawy...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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Vehicles stolen
During the week of February 15 to 22 a total of 14 vehicles were reported stolen across the Island – eight of which were in Pembroke. There were 51 reported traffic accidents, 20 of which resulted in injury. Six people were arrested f...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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A British MP wants Bermuda to have a representative in the British parliament and even the European parliament.
Andrew Mackinlay, who has a long-standing interest in the 17 Overseas Territories, claims they are "denied their democratic rights" and ig...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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Payroll tax is to rise two percent to 16 percent, Finance Minister Paula Cox announced in her Budget statement this morning.
Government has also raised its debt ceiling by 25 percent to $1.25 billion, following last year’s 82 percent rise.
The rate o...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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Finance Minister Paula Cox will today present Bermuda's toughest Budget in many years — but critics hope her answer is not to raise taxes.
Leading businessman Peter Everson said hospitality, retail and construction industries all need help simply to ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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The Minister of Labour, Home Affairs and Housing is focusing on issues of security and law enforcement at the annual CARICOM meeting.
Senator David Burch, along with Permanent Secretary Derrick Binns, is in St. John's, Antigua, for CARICOM's ninth me...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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A British MP who participated in an inquiry into the Overseas Territories is "frustrated" none of the Bermuda recommendations have been implemented, 19 months on.
Andrew Mackinlay visited the Island with colleagues from the Foreign Affairs Committee ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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