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Taxi drivers have expressed concern at the news that fuel prices will rise by five cents a litre from the beginning of April. Finance Minister Bob Richards announced yesterday in his budget speech that the tax hike is expected to raise about $9.6 mil...

Literacy should be a priority for spending in education in today’s Budget, according to the Bermuda Education Network. Executive director Becky Ausenda claims that nearly all the education experts within the network, including education officers, pri...

Payroll tax relief should remain in place for retail and restaurant operations or jobs will be lost, say business owners who have put it at the top of their Budget wish list. The Bermuda Government’s Budget for 2015-16 will be delivered today at 10a...

Union leaders have said that while they understand that government spending will need to be cut in the Budget, they hope it will be balanced with ideas to increase revenue. Bermuda Public Services Union president Jason Hayward said that he is not com...

Tough: that is what we have been told to expect with the 2015-16 Government Budget. We will soon know whether that means tough for those who had to put it together, or tough on all the rest of us. Or both. No guesses or predictions or special wishes ...

If the Budget were Christmas, “expect Scrooge instead of Santa Claus”, says Charles Jeffers, the deputy chairman of Age Concern. Seniors advocates would like to see an increase in monthly pensions, but Mr Jeffers has conceded that it would take “a mi...

An austere 2015-16 Budget, heavy on savings measures, can be expected this morning from Finance Minister Bob Richards. Mr Richards told The Royal Gazette that his Budget speech would include material from the Spending and Government Savings (SAGE) Co...

Glimpses of recovery can be seen in the Budget, according to Bob Richards, Minister of Finance, who characterised the latest Budget as part of a multi-year national recovery plan. Mr Richards got applause from colleagues when he told MPs that the cur...

Merger-mania in the international business sector could cost jobs in Bermuda, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned yesterday. Mr Richards said that companies in the field remained strong, but that spending by international business on the Island had ...

Environmental groups will be hoping for a green budget that sees sufficient funds set aside to promote sustainable energy initiatives and preserve the Island’s parklands. Finance Minister, Bob Richards is set to outline the eagerly awaited budget for...

Training initiatives and capital projects in the Budget statement would be welcome news for the building industry, according to Construction Association of Bermuda president Charles Dunstan. Mr Dunstan said he hoped to see Government continue to enco...

Financial Assistance faces a harrowing Budget tomorrow, with a $45 million cap likely — cutting it short of last year’s unprecedented $50 million. But helping agencies across the Island see no end in sight to the rise in people who need support. “Cu...