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The America’s Cup might end up being good for the island — but why hasn’t the One Bermuda Alliance found the money to take care of the people?
That was just one of many questions from residents of Warwick South Central, the traditional Progressive La...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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An independent inquiry should look into communications between the government and police as officers prepared to take on protesters blocking the gates to Parliament, Walter Roban, the Shadow Minister of National Security, said this evening.
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DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Police are investigating the protests on Friday outside of Parliament, and the response from authorities, according to John Rankin, the Governor.
Mr Rankin said he had also been told by Michael DeSilva, the Commissioner, that he would be given a brie...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Social activist Glenn Fubler has called on the community to heed lessons from the protests and riots of 1977.
Tensions exposed by a police crackdown on demonstrators outside Parliament have reverberated in the community, ranging from formal complaint...
DATE: Dec 06, 2016
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The president of the parent-teacher association for TN Tatem Middle School, where teachers this week have staged two protests over the condition of the facility, has called for the school to be relocated for remediation.
Amin Smith, head of the PTA, ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2016
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
A death threat has been pulled from online after graphic threats against the life of Michael Dunkley, the Premier, were circulated on the social networking service Instagram.
Later today Instagram announced that the account had been removed for viola...
DATE: Dec 03, 2016
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The Corporation of Hamilton has stood by its decision to terminate four members of staff who subsequently took their case to the media, claiming they had been unfairly dismissed.
The four also criticised the Bermuda Industrial Union, alleging that th...
DATE: Dec 02, 2016
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TN Tatem Middle School is a “sick building”, according to the Bermuda Union of Teachers, which defended staff for their sick-out on Monday.
The union thanked the Government for commissioning a facilities inspection report, but pointed out that it was...
DATE: Dec 02, 2016
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda Industrial Union leader Chris Furbert pulled no punches in his rebuttal to sacked Corporation of Hamilton workers who said this week that the BIU did not fight to save their jobs.
“What’s not going to be tolerated by this organisation is when...
DATE: Dec 01, 2016
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The illness contracted by a local family that ate freshly caught fish earlier this month suggests ciguatera poisoning, although the tests are still under way.
“If confirmed, this is a rare occurrence in Bermuda,” a spokeswoman for the Department of E...
DATE: Dec 01, 2016
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Health
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Jonathan Bell