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The UK's Foreign Affairs Committee has been asked to investigate political broadcasting regulations on the Island following HOTT 107.5's breach during the general election campaign.
An appeal for tighter legislation is one of 22 principles of reform ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2008
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Public access to information legislation was awarded $200,000 in yesterday's Budget.
Suggesting PATI laws are on the way to Bermuda, the cash has been allocated to the Cabinet Office, which could be asked to approve proposals for the legislation with...
DATE: Feb 16, 2008
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Government has again stressed the need for an office in London during this year's Budget statement.
Yesterday, Finance Minister Paula Cox announced the Cabinet Office had been allotted an additional $800,000 to establish a "representative office" in ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2008
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39,832
Total number of jobs in Bermuda in 2007, an increase of 1.6 percent over 2006.
5,725
Projected number of Government employees in 2008-9, compared to 5,642 in 2007-8.
$1 billion+
Bermuda's projected balance of payments surplus in 2007 is exopec...
DATE: Feb 16, 2008
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The newly developed Mirrors programme and the free day care initiative will receive a combined total of $2.5 million over the next year.
The Budget statement provided the Ministry of Culture and Social Rehabilitation with a budget of $60.2 million. ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2008
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A ban on certain dog breeds could be scratched to give owners and breeders "greater freedom of choice", Government announced yesterday.
In what appeared to be a backtrack on the ban on 'dangerous' breeds such as pit bulls, bull terriers, mastiffs and...
DATE: Feb 16, 2008
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The long-awaited clean-up of Morgan's Point won a mention in yesterday's Budget statement — but its cost to the taxpayer remains unknown.
Environment Minister El James told The Royal Gazette it would not be as much as the most recently quoted figure ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2008
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An expanding international business sector has fuelled the booming Bermuda economy, but growth is likely to slow down this year as global economic factors impact on the Island, Finance Minister Paula Cox said yesterday.
In her summary of the economic...
DATE: Feb 16, 2008
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The National Budget was unveiled today and saw the election promise of free tuition to Bermuda College granted; the expansion of the Economic Empowerment Zone to the eastern and western ends of the Island, and suggested an increase in taxes.
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DATE: Feb 15, 2008
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ROADWORKS along a stretch of north Hamiton could continue for a further four months, according to officials.
Work on laying a new sewage pipe began last week, forcing a section of Queen Street to be limited to one-way traffic. Dundonald Street, Bull'...
DATE: Feb 15, 2008
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