Finance Minister Paula Cox pulled off the near impossible yesterday ? introducing a budget than angered nobody and pleased just about everybody.
Indeed Hester is fast warming to Ms Cox who always seems to have shopaholics firmly in mind.
Last year sh...
Bermuda?s business community yesterday said it was happy to see the some of the weight of the payroll tax burden shifted off small to medium-size business with Government?s announcement of a new tiered system to benefit smaller operators.
Indeed, the...
The Ministry of Health and Family Services has claimed 20 percent of the entire national budget as Government strove to emphasise its commitment to easing the healthcare costs of Bermuda?s senior citizens.
The Ministry received a total of $147.3 mill...
No increase in taxes, funding for initiatives targeting seniors and housing, a template of small business concessions, and increased scope for public-private partnerships were all announced in the Budget yesterday as Government put the financial punc...
Premier Alex Scott is intentionally ignoring the will of the people to further his own agenda on Independence, the leader of the lobby group Bermudians for Referendum claimed yesterday.
Michael Marsh told that his organisation had secured "well over...
Bermudians without family ties to the UK are unlikely to retain British passports granted in 2002 if the Island goes independent, according to a letter from Governor Sir John Vereker to the Bermuda Independence Commission.
And the BIC will have an in...
CONTINUING on the theme I initiated in last week's Commentary — in which I posed the question, "Who liberated Bermuda?" — I would be remiss indeed if I did not include a person on whose shoulders it could be argued the current Government sits. I spea...
HEN we Bermudians voted the Progressive Labour Party into power, they made many promises that have not been fulfilled including their pledge to be a transparent Government. All we Bermudians have seen since they came into power is a lot of smoke and ...
CONTINUING on the theme I initiated in last week's ? in which I posed the question, "Who liberated Bermuda?" ? I would be remiss indeed if I did not include a person on whose shoulders it could be argued the current Government sits.
I speak, of cour...
To His Honour the Speaker and Members of the Honourable House of Assembly
Mr. Speaker,
It is my privilege and honour to present the Country's National Budget for 2005/06 - a Budget that will indelibly mark the record of our tenure as the Government ...
