The Premier and Cabinet Ministers will face the public over the Budget tomorrow when they host a special town hall meeting.
According to a statement issued this afternoon: “Members of the public will hear first hand from the Premier and Ministers abo...
The Royal Gazette hit the streets of Hamilton yesterday to gauge how voters felt about Premier Paula Cox’s new Budget.
Many who spoke to this newspaper complimented Ms Cox on rolling back her two percent payroll tax hike from the year before.
Coral ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Premier Paula Cox's payroll tax reversal was an admission she got it wrong with last year's increase, Bermuda Democratic Alliance finance spokesman Michael Fahy said yesterday.
Mr Fahy accused the Finance Minister of a U-turn by dropping payroll from...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Local charity, The Kathmandu Kids Club (KatKids), is holding a celebration to honour of a group of people who have bravely gone where few Bermudians have gone before remote Humla, Nepal.
The celebratory event, which will also mark the charity’s fifth...
February 19, 2011
Dear Sir,
I read with interest the letter from Alastair MacDonald to the RG published on February 18 in which he argued that Bermuda needs the SDO at Tuckers Point (TP). I know personally Mr. MacDonald and have a great deal of respe...
DATE: Feb 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Millions of dollars cut from social and education programmes won't necessarily have a negative impact on their results, charity head Martha Dismont said yesterday.
The executive director of the Family Centre said the challenge to stakeholders now, is...
The Centre on Philanthropy welcomed dignitaries including Governor Sir Richard Gozney, Minister of Public Information Services Neletha Butterfield and Senator David Burt to its new premises.
The centre’s chairman, Brian Madeiros welcomed them and som...
Former Premier Dr Ewart Brown pinpointed one of the most vexing problems for politicians when he said that people often say they want change, but rarely want to be the change.
Dr Brown was referring to education, where despite a broad consensus in fa...
Bermudian parents see English boarding schools as a means to broaden their childrens’ horizons and introduce them to the outside world.
This is the appraisal of two visiting headmasters who teamed up this week to scout for students on the Island.
Oun...
DATE: Feb 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Part 1
Author’s note: This four part-series on relationships and managing money was originally written for The Royal Gazette in Summer of 2003. The content has been updated to reflect our current recessionary environment. This is a composite case cou...
