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“We cannot lie our way through it. We cannot manipulate our way through it. We cannot save our country if we only tell you what we think you want to hear.
“The lack of transparency around this deal [Fairmont Southampton] and the urgency to g...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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Opinion Writer
The Government should reduce duty on all goods by at least 20 per cent to address the cost-of-living crisis, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union has asserted.
Chris Furbert was speaking at the first of four town hall meetings organised by ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2022
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Joe Biden announced last week that he had issued a general pardon for all those convicted of the federal crime of simple cannabis possession. This applies to about 6,500 people and possibly numerous others convicted of the same crime in the District ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2022
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Opinion Writer
A government brochure full of policy information that was already publicly available was deemed by the Opposition to be “propaganda”.
Doug DeCouto, a One Bermuda Alliance senator, added that public funds should not be spent on producing political adv...
DATE: Aug 25, 2022
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Politics
Like all of you, I recently received the Government’s mailing “What the 2022-23 Budget means to you”.
This slick piece of political promotion by the Progressive Labour Party government is further proof that David Burt’s government lacks any true idea...
DATE: Jun 28, 2022
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Opinion Writer
A new senator went on the attack as he delivered his maiden speech in the Upper House yesterday.
Douglas De Couto, of the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance, said that minor reductions in taxes were “trinkets” handed out by the Government to distract f...
DATE: Mar 24, 2022
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Politics
In the final part of this series, we return to where we began with the Premier and his austerity budget. Austerity budgets and economic recoveries are contradictions in terms — budgets that rely solely on spending cuts to reduce deficits are not cond...
DATE: Mar 22, 2022
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Opinion Writer
So what can we learn from Bermuda’s 2018 tax reform debacle? Three perennial problems for the island are underscored by these unfortunate events. The first is Bermuda’s lack of competent policymakers — in the One Bermuda Alliance as well as the Progr...
DATE: Mar 21, 2022
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Opinion Writer
Beneath all the smoke and mirrors of David Burt’s Budget Statement delivered on February 25 lay the stark reality that he was proposing yet another austerity budget. As the Budget details show, Bermuda’s deficit reduction in the coming year will be a...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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Opinion Writer
David Burt says the proposed minimum global corporate tax rate could affect Bermuda more than other international financial centres
DATE: Mar 15, 2022
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