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The foreign currency purchase tax will be inflationary, putting up prices for Bermudians as almost everything is imported and paid for in foreign currency. This will push up the cost of doing business and will be passed on to the consumer through hig...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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The Minister of Finance has delivered a 2019-20 Budget Statement that strives to address the concerns of many stakeholders. It’s a delicate balance, and for that he is to be congratulated. After the Tax Reform Commission’s Report and the Pre-Budget R...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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In life, it is interesting to hear people brag about any given entity or issue. You know, the whole feelgood notion that paints something as near Utopian. Anyone listening to them would think to themselves: “Wow, this is the greatest thing since slic...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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Christopher Famous
On the eve of the tabling of the Budget, I will offer my own Pre-Budget Report Card. The most obvious letter to grade the Government’s performance with the economy is a D. D for Desperation. D for Distraction. D for Deflection.
The Premier’s recent ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2019
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Bermudian voters are politically astute and they have proven that they are no pushovers. Between 1998 and 2017 we have been see-sawing between the two political parties. But there comes a time when the voters themselves need to take stock of their ch...
DATE: Feb 21, 2019
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Cheryl Pooley
Despite being blind from infancy, Lancelot Hayward became one of Bermuda’s most respected and best-loved musicians. Largely self-taught, he played with most of Bermuda’s popular bands of the postwar era as well as fronting his own groups and trios.
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DATE: Feb 21, 2019
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Monday’s newspaper was quite possibly one of the more depressing reads in the past few months. From an announcement of the closure of Bluck’s, to the departure of the general counsel of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, to further discussion on t...
DATE: Feb 20, 2019
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Four hundred years ago, Sir George Yeardley, the governor of the fledgeling colony of Virginia, bought “20 and odd Negroes” from an English pirate named John Jope. Having attacked a Portuguese slave ship on its way to Mexico, Jope — technically a pri...
DATE: Feb 20, 2019
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The thing I don’t understand, with all the finger-pointing that has gone on since the announcement last Thursday that Amazon.com Inc was abandoning its plans to set up shop in New York City, is why so many of the fingers have been pointed at the leas...
DATE: Feb 19, 2019
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“It’s déjà vu all over again”
— Yogi Berra
The more things change the more they stay the same.
What I am referring to is the recent announcement by Walter Roban regarding the Government’s desire to take full control of the municipalities of the City...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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