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Striking workers are set to go back to work this afternoon after a dispute over sacked hotel staff was finally resolved.
The two-day long industrial action was settled this morning after a climbdown from Fairmont Hamilton Princess hotel management, w...
DATE: Feb 06, 2014
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Security at Westgate Correctional Facility will soon get a boost when 12 new recruits complete a rigorous training programme.
Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley applauded the recruits for “answering the call to service”, saying they had “a tremen...
DATE: Feb 05, 2014
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A strike by unionised workers at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess hotel could drag on, even though the dispute has been referred to arbitration.
And the industrial action could escalate today when staff at the flagship resort’s sister hotel, the Fairmo...
DATE: Feb 05, 2014
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Budget
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Gareth Finighan
Public transport services have been scrapped for tomorrow as the dispute over sacked hotel workers rumbles on to a third day.
Services were thrown into chaos today when hundreds of unionised workers marched in a show of support for the ten staff who ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2014
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Union bosses are warning Government not to “erode jobs, pensions and employee benefits” in the Civil Service.
And Bermuda Public Services Union president Kevin Grant has also said his members need to be consulted before Government brings about any sw...
DATE: Feb 04, 2014
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Budget
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Gareth Finighan
A recommendation that sex offenders be jailed for up to 32 months for serious cases of sexual exploitation has been described as “woefully inadequate” by a child protection agency.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children (CPC) spoke out after Ch...
DATE: Feb 04, 2014
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An access road into the Botanical Gardens has been closed off to the public so that construction work at the new hospital wing can be carried out.
The road leading from the Peace Lutheran Gate on South Shore Road to the Department of Environmental P...
DATE: Feb 04, 2014
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Police have reported a surge in daytime burglaries across several parishes, with brazen thieves targeting homes that contain jewellery and electronic items.
Police say the increase in break-ins have been noticeable in Pembroke, Paget, Warwick and Ham...
DATE: Feb 04, 2014
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Crime
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Gareth Finighan
Unionised workers at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess hotel have downed tools in protest after five staff were made redundant.
And Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert said his members will remain off the job until management “comes to its ...
DATE: Feb 04, 2014
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Premier Craig Cannonier has said that overseas travel by Government officials is justified in order to “build relationships, friendships and partnerships with governments and their leaders around the world”.
And he said Government leaders could be sp...
DATE: Feb 04, 2014
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