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Profits or Patriotism?
This is the question posed by The New York Times reporter David Cay Johnston whose article, “US Companies File in Bermuda to Slash Tax Bills”, appeared on the front page of the newspaper yesterday.
Mr. Johnston says insurance c...
DATE: Feb 19, 2002
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The Bermuda Telephone Company (BTC) intends to more than double the cost of local calls using public pay-phones - from 20 cents to 50 cents. The company has also proposed increasing the charge for using directory assistance from 60 cents to $1.
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DATE: Feb 19, 2002
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Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown said proposals to introduce a computerised taxi dispatching system had received massive support from the public - despite strong opposition from cab drivers.
He told the House of Assembly on Friday that his aim was ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2002
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Parliament observed a minute's silence Friday out of respect for Princess Margaret who died February 9.
Premier Jennifer Smith requested that condolences be sent to Britain's Royal family.
Referring to Princess Margaret's death from cardiac arrest as...
DATE: Feb 18, 2002
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Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PWC) criticism of the country's Budget has been denounced by the Finance Minister Eugene Cox as "alarmist" and lacking in substance.
And, responding to criticism on the level of debt planned for the coming yea...
DATE: Feb 18, 2002
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Claims that recent research has pushed back the date Bermuda was discovered have been branded as old news by historians.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Tourism Minister David Allen decided to push back celebrations for Bermuda's 500th anniversar...
DATE: Feb 18, 2002
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A review of a drug trafficking money laundering investigation, which was the subject of a missing submission to the 2000 Serious Crimes Commission of Inquiry, has been completed, acting Governor Tim Gurney said.
“A recommendation has been made by the...
DATE: Feb 18, 2002
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Long-time politician, banker and farmer Thomas Haskins (Hackie) Davis died at home last week a contented man.
The 83-year-old had just enjoyed his favourite meal of Bermuda fish, was sitting at home in his favourite armchair, had his pet dog at his f...
DATE: Feb 18, 2002
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The Boundaries Commission has announced that it has adjourned meetings until March 11 and final written submissions must be in by March 15.
A statement from Commission chairman Sir Frank Blackman said that during the adjournment, Commission members w...
DATE: Feb 18, 2002
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Former United Bermuda Party (UBP) senator Wendell Hollis has come out in support of his old party colleague Trevor Moniz.
Mr. Hollis, a lawyer, quit the party in 1994, in protest of Sir John Swan's Independence initiative. He later acted as legal adv...
DATE: Feb 18, 2002
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