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The number of flights to the island will decrease this month and some routes will stop as the summer season comes to a close.
The September flight schedule, released by Skyport yesterday, showed several airlines reducing service to the island, includ...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A veteran teacher who sued the Government after she was passed over for the role of Commissioner of Education will have to pay half of the Government’s legal costs.
Gina Tucker argued in court that she was not given a fair chance at the job, which wa...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 13-year-old Dellwood student took home top honours in a contest in recognition of Emancipation Day.
Alay Burgess Rocker claimed the top prize in the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport’s Emancipation Youth Creativity Competition with a creative vi...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman accused of the storage of two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition was cleared yesterday.
Tonae Perinchief-Leader, 31, was charged with handling a revolver, a shotgun and 485 rounds of mixed ammunition found in two suitcases at her famil...
DATE: Aug 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to introduce fees for single-use plastics in the run-up to an outright ban could be scrapped, a policy paper has warned.
The paper said that the Government had earlier pledged to introduce a charge for single-use plastics but the 2020 deadline ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bus and ferry services ground to a halt yesterday after a strike over procedures for union decertification votes.
A Government spokeswoman said Bermuda Industrial Union workers in several departments downed tools.
She added that landscaping work at ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A senior official at a trade union is to sue after he claimed he was fired against its rules.
George Scott, an executive officer at the Bermuda Industrial Union for 18 years, launched the action through law firm Wakefield Quin.
Mr Scott said earlier ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tropical Storm Kate is forecast to pass well east of the island as the 2021 hurricane season heats up.
TS Kate, named on Sunday, was about 1,063 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and moving north at 5mph at 6am today.
The storm was not considered a thr...
DATE: Aug 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Minister of National Security has condemned a daylight shooting that left a 22-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds on Friday.
Renée Ming said this morning that her thoughts were with the victim and his family.
She added: “This shooting incident...
DATE: Aug 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A shortage of hospital beds has continued to cause delays to non-essential operations – and some patients said they were upset about the lack of notice for postponements.
A patient told The Royal Gazette that she had been scheduled for surgery on Aug...
DATE: Aug 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes