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Government intends to spend $71 million, over three years, to build a new Berkeley Institute in a move to complete "unfinished business''.
This adds one year to previous commitments, but came as welcome news to the man who heads the school's board of...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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Local businesses will be crunching numbers over the weekend in a bid to determine what, if any, benefits they will receive from a complex revision to the Island's payroll tax system announced in the Budget.
And most employees will see their payroll t...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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least among them, the Governor's office which saw a reduction to its budget of $17,000 and the Legislature itself, which is to reduce operational costs by almost $50,000.
While overseas travel of Government ministers has been controversial, Mr. Cox h...
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Angry shopkeepers yesterday blasted the Budget as too little -- and maybe too late -- to save some struggling retailers.
Ian Smith, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce retail division, said: "The chamber is disappointed at the level of relief given t...
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Geigen-Miller Free Press Reporter He's remembered as a man with a real love for his community.
Maj. Harold Hosken of the Salvation Army in London died on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. He was 57.
Hosken joined the Salvation Army in 1965 and mos...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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A Supreme Court judge yesterday retired to deliberate on a civil suit in which cellular towers are alleged to be health risks.
Puisne Judge Philip Storr heard closing arguments from lawyers involved in a week-long hearing during which Bermuda Digital...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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A spokesman for international businesses on the Island yesterday warned of the detrimental effect increasing the cost of doing business in Bermuda could have.
Bermuda International Business Association Chairman Raymond Medeiros issued the caution on ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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they will benefit or lose out from complex payroll tax changes announced in the budget.
Finance Minister Eugene Cox said the adjustments would offer $65,000 in relief to restaurants, bars and nightclubs, $420,000 to hotels, and $415,000 to the retail...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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Police notes of an interview with a woman accused of conspiring to import $150,000 of cocaine are inaccurate and misleading, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.
And Police were criticised for holding lengthy interviews with Paula Madill and another...
DATE: Feb 19, 2000
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are set to be reduced.
But senior citizens will get a break after Finance Minister Eugene Cox announced their exemption from the tariff will be raised by $10,000 from $30,000 to $40,000.
A more wide-reaching change is a rise in the payable percentage...
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