Government?s Budget for the coming year was in line with expectations ? a jump in revenues last year meant that the wish of business leaders for no significant tax increases was granted.
At the same time, there was some concern from the business comm...
THE last of the colourful front-line Three Patros has been laid to rest. In this case we refer to Patro Vormit George Ford (nee Fortes), who with his wife, Kathleen Williams Ford, owned and operated for nearly 20 years Ford's New World Bakery on Gleb...
Our objective is to build a strong economy and a fair society where there is opportunity and security for all. Our goal is to make the economy work for the people of Bermuda - consumers and business alike in a way that operates fairly and that benefi...
With Hurricane Katrina putting an exclamation mark on mould and pollution exposure, brokerage firm Integro is anticipating more risk managers will investigate environmental insurance programmes.
Integro, through its subsidiaries, is an insurance brok...
Six-year-old Kelsey Robinson had a question. He wanted to know how someone could get to Mars.
His friend, who was about the same age, also had a question. He wanted to know if there might be life on Mars, just beneath the surface.
Normally, the boys?...
Partner Re has pledged to give $160,000 to eight schools if they successfully help charities in a community project.
Partner Re CEO Patrick Thiele said each school team made up of students aged 14 to 18 must participate in projects to assist the envi...
Anti-drug group PRIDE will host its first solo telethon on March 6.
It will feature local entertainment, drug prevention strategies, testimonials by ex-addicts and information from the Police.
The event ? which starts at 7 p.m. on VSB ? was promoted ...
Former North Village captain Kimandi Binns is to be inducted in the University of Maryland Eastern Shores Sports Hall of Fame this weekend ? the first ever Fighting Hawks footballer to receive the distinguished honour.
Binns, 31, graduated from Maryl...
DATE: Feb 16, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
Quantum mechanics teaches that there is no such person as an independent observer. As we observe, analyse and evaluate, we change the environment being observed.
Individuals, acting as economic agents, develop an understanding of the economic environ...
When Finance Minister Paula Cox delivers the Budget this Friday, the public will know how she has resolved the pleasant dilemma she found herself in this year. With the economy in buoyant shape and tax revenues again exceeding estimates, Ms Cox had a...
