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To sample public opinion on the Bermuda Industrial Union’s tough stance on behalf of workers, The Royal Gazette hit the streets of Hamilton yesterday.
The BIU could be headed for a showdown with the Department of Public Transport over its insistence ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2011
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Bermuda’s spending on healthcare could rocket to $1.5 billion by the year 2020, according to a report made public yesterday by the Bermuda Health Council.
Figures revealed in the BHeC’s National Health Accounts Report 2011 show that the Island spent ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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A tournament to hunt down the invasive lionfish species is to be held on August 28.
The contest was to be held last week but was postponed due to bad weather.
The tournament starts at sunrise, with all lionfish to be presented for weighing at the Be...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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Although the death of 19-year-old Jahmeiko Perkins has been ruled an accident, his grieving grandfather says he’s convinced “someone saw him go down” at Parsons Lane, Devonshire in the early hours of Saturday.
Heartbroken Keith Philpott told The Roya...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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A Smith’s man caught with a small quantity of cannabis has been fined in Magistrates’ Court.
Maurice Smith, 38, pleaded guilty to having 0.5 grams of the drug on April 21.
The court heard that Smith was stopped by police on the Glebe Road at 8.40pm a...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Bermudians need to educate themselves on how to “age successfully”, a seniors advocate has warned.
“What we really need is a plan for how to educate people of all ages,” Age Concern executive director Claudette Fleming told Hamilton Rotary Club this ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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More than 50 Bermuda Customs staff have quit the Bermuda Public Services Union, in hopes of joining the Bermuda Industrial Union.
BPSU executive members blamed the split on a misunderstanding of union law.
BIU president Chris Furbert said he was not ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2011
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Plans for sweeping reforms to Bermuda’s healthcare system fail to consider its economic impact, according to the Bermuda Employers’ Council.
BEC executive director Martin Law said he is still waiting for a response to his concerns from the Ministry o...
DATE: Aug 11, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Three women spent Sunday in jail, after a fight at the Ice Queen restaurant in Paget.
Kryshea Furbert, 22, and Kristos Trott, 28, each pleaded guilty to affray in Magistrates’ Court, while 33-year-old Iesha Simmons admitted obstructing a police offic...
DATE: Aug 09, 2011
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
Three women spent yesterday in jail, after a fight the Ice Queen restaurant in Paget.
This morning Kryshea Furbert, 22, and Kristos Trott, 28, each pleaded guilty to affray in Magistrates’ Court, while 33-year-old Iesha Simmons admitted obstructing a...
DATE: Aug 08, 2011
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