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An East End school has been given the green light for classes to go ahead after concerns about suspected asbestos, the Minister of Education said.
Diallo Rabain apologised to parents of students at Clearwater Middle School for not alerting them to th...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Workers at a cleaning firm were urged to take any complaints to the Government’s Labour Relations section after it was claimed that some staff had not been paid for up to three months.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Spor...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three students beat an outstanding field to net scholarships from a parish council.
Katiya Gilbert, Veronica Swan-DeGraff and Gabrielle DeShields got their awards from Southampton Parish Council.
Sakina Darrell, the council’s scholarship committee ch...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police officers will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss an “impasse” in negotiations over conditions.
Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the Bermuda Police Association chairman, said last night that some critical issues remained unresolved in talks...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A blueprint for the funding of major projects to boost job numbers and the economy should be a priority, an economist claimed yesterday.
Robert Stubbs said a “chronic weakness” in how major work was funded was a key reason for stunted growth in the B...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A 63-year-old driver escaped serious injury when her car hit a wall in Hamilton Parish on Tuesday night.
Emergency crews were called to the single vehicle crash on North Shore Road near East Point Lane at about 8.45pm.
A police spokesman said the wom...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A government backbencher has been sworn in as the temporary health minister.
Neville Tyrrell will act in place of Kim Wilson, who is off the island until September.
The Warwick South Central MP was sworn in last Wednesday.
David Burt, the Premier, sa...
DATE: Aug 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A government contract for the delivery of sand to fill golf course bunkers should be reissued after it was awarded to a company run by a Cabinet minister, the Opposition leader has claimed.
Craig Cannonier, the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, sai...
DATE: Aug 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police have marked the third anniversary of a gun murder with a fresh appeal for information.
Jason Mello, 25, was shot several times on Band Room Lane, Pembroke, at about 7.35pm on August 19, 2016 and died of his wounds at the King Edward VII Memori...
DATE: Aug 19, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The $88 million Bermuda Infrastructure Fund was set up to provide capital for private companies as well as public projects, one of its co-founders has explained.
But the only known cash injection since its launch more than 14 months ago — when it was...
DATE: Aug 19, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter