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Teachers have accepted a pay rise and leave for new parents in line with other public sector workers, it emerged last night.
Mike Charles, the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said that negotiations with the Government had “paused”...
DATE: Apr 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An emergency meeting of the Bermuda Police Association was held yesterday amid concerns over the state of employment negotiations.
Leaders of the organisation sought feedback from its members on how best to proceed.
Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the chai...
DATE: Apr 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Emergency services were called to meet a flight from London on Saturday after a passenger became unwell. Other travellers reported seeing a man escorted off the British Airways service by police after it landed at LF Wade International Airport.
A BA ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police launched an investigation yesterday after several Warwick residents reported hearing gunshots.
Officers were called to Khyber Heights at about 3.05pm and confirmed that a firearm had been discharged. Police said there were no reports of injuri...
DATE: Apr 08, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A children’s advocate said yesterday that a scheme for government staff to visit vulnerable youngsters placed in overseas schools was “woefully inadequate”.
Tiffanne Thomas believed the level of contact could lead to feelings of abandonment and knew ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Minister of Finance said yesterday he expected Bermuda to be removed from the list of uncooperative tax jurisdictions after he completed a round of discussions in Europe.
Curtis Dickinson said the visit included a meeting with the chairwoman of t...
DATE: Apr 08, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Special parts are needed to repair the out-of-order landmark clock at Sessions House.
The time showed about 12.30pm when a photographer from The Royal Gazette took a picture just after 1.30pm yesterday.
It is understood the clock has been stopped si...
DATE: Apr 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Supreme Court cases will no longer be heard in historic Sessions House after the building is renovated, the Speaker of the House of Assembly confirmed yesterday.
Dennis Lister said that the 200-year-old courtroom would be used by the legislature afte...
DATE: Apr 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman denied importing cannabis and other substances to Bermuda when she appeared in court yesterday.
Ranae Furbert faced six charges during arraignments at the Supreme Court.
She was accused of bringing cannabis into the island on January 11, 2018...
DATE: Apr 02, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Access to justice will be “crippled” if there is no swift solution to a lack of adequate court space, authorities warned.
Concerns raised in The Bermuda Judiciary Annual Report 2018 centred on the loss of appeal court space from Front Street, which ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter