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Police officers claimed yesterday that the Government had “repeatedly moved the goalposts” in its cost-cutting negotiations with their representative body.
Inspector Emmerson Carrington, the chairman of the Bermuda Police Association, defended the se...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Jobless expatriate workers from the Philippines — most from Bermuda’s hard-hit hospitality sector — face an uncertain future at home as they prepared to quit the island today.
Others from the South-East Asian country of 100 million people remained in...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The worst-case model for a year of Covid-19 was updated last night — with lower numbers of deaths than estimated at the start of the pandemic.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the new model suggested, at worst, a possible 1,600 in hospital and 2...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Organisers of an event to mark Bermuda’s milestone first gay Pride march almost a year ago are unsure if a commemoration planned for this weekend will go ahead.
Thousands took to the streets of Hamilton on August 31 last year in an unprecedented show...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Ageing smokestacks at the Belco power station that were blamed for pollution are to be shut down by the end of the year, the company revealed yesterday.
Belco said the decommissioning should cut down on discharges that have blighted the lives of neig...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A permanent Covid-19 testing site for travellers opened in Hamilton yesterday at the Perot Post Office on Queen Street.
The announcement by Kim Wilson, the health minister, came as 734 new test results for coronavirus came back clear.
Ms Wilson thank...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who appeared in Magistrates’ Court to face assault charges was confirmed yesterday to be police officer.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Police Service said that Sean Kelly, a constable, had been suspended from duty in the wake of the allegations.
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DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pollution from the Belco power station was condemned by householders in the area yesterday — including a veteran environmentalist who has highlighted the problem for decades.
Gary Hayward, a lifelong resident of Twin Lane Place, which overlooks the p...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Panicked St George’s residents feared the statue of Sir George Somers in the Olde Towne had fallen victim to protesters this week.
But the sculpture by Desmond Fountain, which has stood on Ordnance Island since 1984, was only moved from its tradition...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A fundraising drive by the Bermuda Visitor Services Centres has aided a community effort to support restaurant workers hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The “Purchase with a Purpose” campaign kicked off May 20 in the run-up to Bermuda Day and ran th...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell