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Funding for an Autism Spectrum Disorder programme for preschoolers has been championed by a charity leader. Minister of Finance Curtis Dickinson announced on Friday that $327,000 would be set aside to develop the programme in 2019-20. Anthony Peets, ...

The Budget presented on Friday was a display of political spin. The feel-good presentations and the facts tell two completely different stories. The facts are that gross domestic product estimates for growth have been revised down by half, revenue fo...

Property experts await more information about proposals designed to increase opportunities for home ownership. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, outlined schemes including initiatives to widen access to mortgages and soften ownership rules f...

Charles Jeffers, deputy chairman of Age Concern, reserved judgment on the Government’s efforts to to help senior citizens. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, pledged during his Budget Statement on Friday that a National Health Plan will soon ...

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...

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 business world was spared big tax hikes as the Minister of Finance delivered his first Budget yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said that the anticipated revenues for the next financial year were about $1.118 billion — $28.6 million or 2.6 per cent hig...

A hush fell on the House of Assembly yesterday as all eyes turned to Curtis Dickinson when he rose to deliver his first Budget. Mr Dickinson, who took the finance portfolio in November 2018, acknowledged the milestone. He told MPs that he represented...

A bigger selection of sweet treats will be taxed at 75 per cent when the Government launches the next phase of its assault on sugar. The rate of duty on items already affected is 50 per cent, with the additional 25 per cent due to be implemented from...

Home-grown musicians have a better chance of taking centre stage after tax breaks for venues that hire Bermudian artists were announced in yesterday’s Budget. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said he wanted to boost the number of bookings for ...

The Budget showed the Government had listened to hoteliers’ fears over rising land taxes, the Bermuda Hotel Association said yesterday. Stephen Todd, CEO of the BHA, said hoteliers were pleased that Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, confirmed t...

There is reason to celebrate the first Budget surplus in many many years, but the way in which that surplus was achieved sullies things. An accounting sleight of hand shuffled the “mandatory” sinking fund contribution to capital spending thereby avoi...