A major tax grab is expected on Wednesday as Government grapples with $15 million to $20 million in new Airport costs.
Finance Minister the Hon. David Saul has kept his seventh Budget under thick wraps.
But he warned in November that with Bermuda fac...
Hon. Sir John Swan said yesterday.
But the Government discussion paper tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday came under fresh attack yesterday from inside and outside the United Bermuda Party.
The Premier was responding to charges from Independen...
House of Assembly yesterday was attacked as "clearly biased'' in favour of Independence by opponents and proponents alike.
But Deputy Premier the Hon. Irving Pearman, who chaired the Cabinet committee that prepared the Green Paper, denied the charge....
yesterday, saying they had "no input'' into the document that was laid before them in the House of Assembly on Friday morning.
And the leader of a committee that is campaigning for an Independent Bermuda said the paper's bias in favour of cutting tie...
Independence would cost Bermuda between $800,000 and $2.3 million a year, according to a Government discussion paper on Independence tabled yesterday.
That compares to costs of between $1.2 million and $1.9 million outlined in the 1977 discussion pap...
ground for politicians, according to the head of the committee for independence in Bermuda.
Mr. Walton Brown, who was speaking on the economic consequences of independence at the Bermuda College on Thursday night, also said that senators were being p...
The Green Paper on Independence recommends that at least two-thirds of Bermuda voters would have to turn out for the Independence referendum for the result to be considered binding.
Provided there is a two-thirds turn-out at the polls, only a simple ...
Assembly when MPs return from their Christmas holidays on Friday.
Labour and Home Affairs Minister the Hon. Irving Pearman last night confirmed Government's intention.
But legislation to allow for a referendum planned for this summer will not be tabl...
At the World Economic Forum that winds down today in Davos, Switzerland, senior partner at Milligan-Whyte & Smith, Mrs. Lynda Milligan-Whyte, spoke on the issue of "education and self discovery''.
She said: "Leadership is about grasping the hearts an...
Hon. David Saul said yesterday.
Dr. Saul, part of an 11-member Bermuda delegation to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was to meet there last night with Honk Kong Government officials and businessmen.
Although close to 500 Hong Kong com...
