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For Bishop-elect Nicholas Dill, the new job offers a chance to unite Bermuda’s Anglican Church, and prove its relevance to the Island’s youth.
The months ahead before his official instalment as Anglican Bishop are also a last stint in his beloved sev...
DATE: Feb 05, 2013
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Two years on, Aretha Showers remains haunted by the gun murder of her brother Colford Ferguson.
The 29-year-old father-of-one was shot dead as he worked on a building “just two minutes away” from his older sister’s Somerset home.
The unsolved murder,...
DATE: Feb 05, 2013
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Nurses’ aides could take industrial action at the hospital unless a dormant pay rise is acted upon, the Bermuda Industrial Union has announced.
The word came from BIU head Chris Furbert on the same day that unionised postal staff downed tools over a ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2013
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If you’ve sat in the Daylesford Theatre audience any time in the past few years, chances are that 13-year-old Ryan Day played an unseen hand in the show.
From behind the scenes, the youngest person to be left in charge of the lighting board has steer...
DATE: Feb 02, 2013
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Government should have met with unions before dispensing with term limits, the Trade Union Congress said following a general meeting yesterday.
The body’s new President, Alan Wilkinson, said the group was “concerned” by the absence of consultation wh...
DATE: Feb 02, 2013
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Budget
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Jonathan Bell
Possible industrial action could be taken by unionised Nurses Auxiliary workers at the hospital unless a dormant pay rise is acted upon, according to union leader Chris Furbert.
Pointing to annual profits of $18 million in Bermuda Hospitals Board fin...
DATE: Feb 01, 2013
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Convicted fraudster Cedric Oates has been jailed for two-and-a-half years, and must repay his victim $200,000.
The 42-year-old US national fraudulently induced Dianne Laird to invest her life savings of $345,000 in a “flipping” scheme to profit off U...
DATE: Feb 01, 2013
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
Jaded from years of uncertainty, residents of Dockyard’s Victoria and Albert Row housing expressed guarded approval for Government’s decision not to demolish the buildings.
But in the absence of information, the occupants of the 150-year-old homes sa...
DATE: Feb 01, 2013
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Appointing a non-Bermudian to command the Bermuda Regiment was no easy decision, Defence Board head Wendell Hollis acknowledged.
“We were extremely conscious and focused that any appointment in Bermuda of a non-Bermudian is always contentious for any...
DATE: Jan 31, 2013
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A 23-year-old Devonshire man who induced a 15-year-old boy to masturbate in his presence has been jailed for four months.
Miguel Estrella, of Upland Lane, pleaded guilty on December 14 to attempting to cause or induce a child to commit gross indecenc...
DATE: Jan 31, 2013
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Jonathan Bell