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MPs have given the green light to a boost in Government borrowing power, raising the public debt ceiling from $375 million to $550 million.
The news comes after the actual annual borrowing figure rose from $15 million in 2005 to $88 million for 2008/...
DATE: Feb 29, 2008
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Bermuda-based automotive dealer HWP has gone truly state-of-the-art with the take-up of a new online diagnostic technology to service Volkswagen (VW) vehicles on the Island.
The technology uses real-time processing of immobiliser codes, instant trans...
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PEOPLE often wonder what it is that separates average athletes from exceptional athletes and it is simple - passion and pride. Which bring us to the question, how many of our athletes in Bermuda have the passion and pride that is required to take the...
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A number of pieces of transport-themed legislation has been approved by MPs.
The Miscellaneous Taxes (Rates) Amendment Act increases the rate of air passenger departure tax from $25 to $35 and the yacht arrival tax from $15 to $35.
The last increases...
DATE: Feb 29, 2008
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The Department of Immigration will be closed from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Monday so all Immigration staff can attend an important Departmental meeting.
However Immigration officials said the Department will promptly reopen at 10 a.m. and apologised in ...
DATE: Feb 29, 2008
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Twenty years ago Masterworks had no permanent home and 12 paintings to its name. Back then, it wasn't thought of as an official collection, but rather a group of paintings bought from American dealer Scott Schutz which were hung wherever space was fo...
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Butterfield Bank has been crowned Best Developed Market Bank 2008 for Bermuda by Global Finance magazine.
This is the fourth consecutive year the bank has won an award from Global Finance.
It follows the Euromoney awards for Best Private Bank in Berm...
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UK-based charity book ship MV Logos II has announced it has extended its stay in Bermuda until next Wednesday afternnon instead of Sunday as originally planned.
Logos II is one of three ships operated by OM International and carries a crew of 60 volu...
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With apologies to Charles Dickens, these are the best of times for Edward Breen, chief executive officer of Tyco International Ltd. and the worst of times for his shareholders.
In its proxy filed on January 18, Bermuda-base Tyco disclosed Breen's com...
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Minister of Culture and Social Rehabilitation Dale Butler has joined forces with a body promoting racial equality in asking the Church of England to provide scholarships for its role in the slave trade.
In 2006, Premier Ewart Brown applauded the deci...
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