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The body representing international companies in Bermuda has reacted with "real disappointment'' at the small change in the amount of Payroll Tax they will have to fork out.
In a strong statement, the head of the International Companies Division of t...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
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Government has made law and order a priority with a spending boost nearly three times the rate of inflation.
Finance Minister Eugene Cox said: "The construction of the new purpose-built facility to house the Magistrate's Court and the Hamilton Police...
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A Jamaican drugs mule who said the devil made him import more than $153,000 worth of cocaine in his stomach began an eight-year jail sentence yesterday.
Glenroy Evalle Harvey, a Christian, begged for mercy after claiming he had made the doomed attemp...
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Government's Transport budget is almost unchanged from last year, but changes in areas such as the taxi industry could meet with resistance.
Included in Finance Minister Eugene Cox's Budget was a proposal to establish a flat fee of $1,500 per annum i...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
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Finance Minister Eugene Cox said Government was mindful that in a small Island community, issues of sustainable growth and development are best addressed through proper planning and effective policy coordination.
And he said the new Budget underscore...
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most beloved graduates and its longest serving trustee, Francis `Goose' Gosling.
Headmaster Nigel Kermode has said that the closure for anyone other than a Head of State is unprecedented in the school's 113 year history.
He said: "Saltus has not clos...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
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The economy continues to grow at a strong and steady rate. Growth in GDP is estimated at 2.9 percent for the current fiscal year compared to 3.3 percent in 1999/00.
International business was the largest contributor to economic growth in 2000 which a...
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order to fly home to Canada to see her dying mother.
Lydia Madeiros, 35, admitted stealing a total of $250 on two separate occasions last November from Docksiders club on Front Street.
She said she stole the cash to help pay for an air ticket to Cana...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
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Government increased spending and borrowing sharply in yesterday's Budget to continue its social programme of improvements in schools, health, housing and transport.
Motorists, smokers, drinkers, taxi drivers, cellular phone owners, and air passenger...
DATE: Feb 17, 2001
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Bermuda's top detective, Superintendent Vic Richmond, is understood to have given notice of his retirement -- just days after he was turned down for the post of Assistant Commissioner.
The 34-year veteran -- believed to be bitterly disappointed after...
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