The PLP has argued that should the Foreign Exchange Controls be lifted and monies be freely exported for overseas investment, the monies currently available for mortgages would be severely reduced and property values would slump. Some might argue tha...
We not only want to woo the international businesses and their financiers here, but we also want them to be encouraged to stay. Let us look at making our fees and rents more competitive so that the cost of doing business here, compares favourably wit...
Once again, the cost of owning a vehicle is increasing through vehicle licence and other fees. This is a nuisance tax and the increase will only bring the Government $900,000 in a budget of $385 million, only 0.30 percent. Although, the economy is st...
the future, Shadow Finance Minister Mr. Eugene Cox charged yesterday.
"Mr. Mrs. and Ms Average Bermuda will bear the heaviest tax burdens,'' he told MPs.
"It was not enough that they were the ones who bore the brunt of the recession. Now they are bei...
A stream of submissions for specialised school insurance coverage has been attracted by Scholastic Risk Services (SRS), a newly-formed division of Arthur J. Gallagher (Bermuda).
The division was formed just last month to market the broad excess liabi...
group looking into Independence.
The National Liberal Party made the claim, adding in its experience Lord Waddington was not impartial.
This did not bode well for the Commission of Inquiry into Independence, the party declared.
In a written statement...
before a referendum is held, says the new UBP chairman.
"I do not think the party will take a position on Independence,'' Mr. Gary Pitman told The Royal Gazette .
"It would be very difficult for the party to take a position on it when you've got oppo...
Latest weekly arrival figures show a dramatic 23.3 percent drop.
Just 3,447 holidaymakers came here between February 7 and 13, compared to 4,492 for the same week last year.
Last month hoteliers had voiced hope business would hot up because of the Ar...
back for restoring teachers' pay for after-school activities.
Coalition head Mrs. Sheelagh Cooper said the extra-curricular programme had proved a major self-esteem booster among youngsters. And she believed it was a contributing factor in Bermudians...
Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.
She caught the eye of delegates after speaking from the floor at this year's Forum, and was then asked to organise and take part in a panel discussion next year.
The session she attended focused on the contributi...
