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Bermuda 272
St.Vincent and the
Grenadines President's XI 172
In the lead-up to Bermuda's final practice match in St.Vincent yesterday, senior squad member Lionel Cann strongly urged his team's batsmen to "step up" to the plate and put big numbers on...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Government is allocating $500,000 towards the take-up of domestic renewable energy on the Island.
In her Budget speech, Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox announced the sum would "create incentives to encourage the use of small-scale alter...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Finance Minister Paula Cox plans to raise the Government borrowing limit to $1 billion to have the necessary tools to deal with a worst-case scenario for the economy.
In her Budget statement yesterday, Ms Cox said the 82 percent increase in the publi...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Some of the numbers from this year's Budget:
-$6,307,000
Government's current account deficit – the first in living memory.
$637,717,000
Government's projected net debt for 2009-10.
$29,700,000
The amount Government will pay on interest on its debt t...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Government has "bet the farm" on a short recession and raided the coffers that could be needed to deal with a lengthier downturn, Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards said yesterday.
Responding to Finance Minister Paula Cox's Budget statement, the Un...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Jonathan Kent
Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has told them "to be big and look like they're having fun" but for these 14 children it will also be the experience of their lifetimes.
They will be dancing tonight with the Oscar-winning actress on stage in front of an a...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Saw V
The horror franchise that somehow outlives not only its victims, but also its perpetrators spills its latest buckets of box-office blood. The new installment continues the savage games by deceased psycho killer Jig...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Government announced a major boost for home ownership yesterday by ending stamp duty on homes under $750,000 for first-time buyers.
And realtors believe the move, coupled with falling house prices, mean it's an ideal time to buy after years of high p...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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A story in Tuesday's newspaper incorrectly stated that a judge overseeing a bankruptcy hearing conerning lawyer Julian Hall had disclosed that Mr. Hall's annual income as a consultant for the Ministry of Works and Engineering had been increased from ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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February 20, 2009
Dear Sir,
I write in response to the Friday Forum written by sports editor Adrian Robson insofar as it relates to the performance of the Bermuda women's national field hockey team in the recently held Pan Am Cup.
At the outset I wou...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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