The Minister of Finance has pledged to “fix” the problem of publicly funded organisations failing to keep up to date with their annual audits.
Curtis Dickinson told a post-Budget meeting of business leaders: “I’m not happy about it. We have had chall...
Progress on reform of the tax, healthcare and immigration systems urgently needs to happen, because “the status quo will not deliver a good future for Bermudians and their children”.
That is the clear message from the Fiscal Responsibility Panel, the...
Open, programmable money is changing the way we understand and use money. It will reform how we interact with each other in ways that will drive new efficiencies and opportunities. It will allow us to enhance the traditional concept of money to chang...
Two years ago, when the Progressive Labour Party won the General Election, we were promised all manner of things — reduced healthcare costs, lower cost of living and greater transparency, among others.
We heard the phrase “Promises made, promises kep...
A total of $330,500 in uncashed cheques were left “in a drawer” at a government department, a report to Parliament has revealed.
The report by the Efficiency Committee said only $50,000 of the owed cash was claimed back and accused the Government of ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Government ministers took aim at the One Bermuda Alliance’s Reply to the Budget last night.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said that it was easy to simply call for cost cuts, but much more difficult when the human impact was weighed.
Mr D...
Curtis Dickinson told a business audience yesterday that he would have liked to have started from scratch with tax reform, rather than modify the existing code.
In his maiden Budget Statement last Friday, Mr Dickinson introduced none of the new taxes...
Let’s be honest: few of us would have wanted Curtis Dickinson’s responsibility yesterday. To present your maiden national Budget in these uncertain times, knowing that decisions you make could cause a fragile economy to take a damaging turn for the w...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
Let’s be honest: few of us would have wanted Curtis Dickinson’s responsibility yesterday. To present your maiden national Budget in these uncertain times, knowing that decisions you make could cause a fragile economy to take a damaging turn for the w...
The Minister of Finance has delivered a 2019-20 Budget Statement that strives to address the concerns of many stakeholders. It’s a delicate balance, and for that he is to be congratulated. After the Tax Reform Commission’s Report and the Pre-Budget R...
