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A gym that went out of business owed a former staff member more than $15,000 in redundancy payments, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Cassandra Simmons had argued in an Employment Tribunal last year that the Athletic Club had made her redundant in Novemb...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Public Service Commission rejected the recommended candidate for the Director of Parks post after staff threatened to walk off the job, the Supreme Court heard.
Terry Lynn Thompson launched legal action against the PSC after she was passed over f...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A taxi driver who has not held a driving licence for more than a decade admitted driving while disqualified and without a licence yesterday.
Magistrates’ Court heard that George Green, 59, was stopped by police as he drove a taxi on Front Street at a...
DATE: Sep 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A supermarket chain has extended its three discount days a week scheme until the end of the year, it said today.
The MarketPlace group earlier pledged to offer the five per cent discount on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays until September 30 to help ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former US State Department staffer has admitted being involved in a fraud scheme linked to improvements at the US Consulate in Bermuda.
May Salehi, 66, who was involved in evaluating bids overseas government construction projects for the US State D...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda still has a reputation as a safe country despite a warning by US health authorities that Americans should steer clear of the island after a jump in coronavirus cases, the head of the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday.
Charles Jeffers I...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have appealed to the public to help find a 19-year-old man said to be a “person of interest”.
A police spokesman said Zywonde Lema is a light skinned, Black male, about 5ft 3in, of slim build, usually clean-shaven and with a high top fade hair...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The US Centres for Disease Control yesterday warned travellers not to visit Bermuda after a massive rise in Covid-19 cases.
The announcement came after the island was moved to Level 4 – “very high” risk – on the CDC’s travel advisory list.
Stephen To...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A limousine driver banned from the road for dangerous driving after he was involved in a crash has had his conviction upheld by the Supreme Court.
Pillion Webb argued that the evidence against him should not have been relied upon, but Puisne Judge Sh...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A massive surge in coronavirus cases should have been tackled sooner, the shadow health minister has claimed.
Michael Dunkley said Bermuda’s Covid-19 figures had only recently shot up past 1,400 active cases, but that it was clear last month that num...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes