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April 23, 2011 Dear Sir, In 1998, I voted for the PLP, because I believed that the Party could bring about the social and economic changes in Bermuda, that would make the playing field more level. Alas, this has not happened so far. When Paula Cox to...

The Bermuda Public Services Union will echo calls for Ministers to take a pay cut if that’s what members want, its president said. Last week, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert called on Cabinet Ministers to take a “symbolic pay cut” af...

A woman faces shutting down her home-made lemon pie business after her licence fee soared from $15 to $100. Hazel DeCoute ran Bunny’s Baked Goods to supplement her income, baking one pie a week in her Southampton kitchen for her single regular custom...

Budget cuts at the Ministry of Public Works will cause minimal impact for the public, according to Government Senator Cromwell Shakir. Speaking during the Senate debate on the budget of the Public Works Headquarters and the Department of Public Works...

Senator Kim Wilson this morning fired back at claims Government is not leaving adequate time for debate on the Budget in the Senate. Earlier this week the UBP complained that Government was taking all but a few minutes of time allocated leaving no ti...

The Department of Statistics had its budget cut by 47 percent compared to last year mainly because the 2010 Census is due to conclude at the end of this month, the Senate heard. Progressive Labour Party Senate leader David Burch said the conclusion o...

March 15, 2011 Dear Sir, May I remind Mr Anthony Buckley that not only was it Doctor David Saul, not to detract from Doctor Saul’s achievements, but also the Hon. Sir David Gibbons, when he was Finance Minister, and also Doctor Grant Gibbons who had ...

March 6, 2011 Dear Sir, For Premier Cox to ask private companies if they are willing to reduce fees is not only insulting, but audacious. I am sure when Premier Cox made her speech at the Business Bermuda's AGM on Thursday last, more than a few jaws ...

Premier Paula Cox and her Cabinet repeated the mantra of doing more with less at a public meeting to discuss the Budget. For around two hours at Somerset Primary School, the Premier and almost all of her Ministers spoke with around 70 West end reside...