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Police this morning thanked the public for help tracking down people involved in a fight in a west end restaurant.
The altercation came to the attention of the police after a recording of the fight spread on social media.
A police spokeswoman sai...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have shut down suggestions that drugs were found on island beaches after a video was posted on social media.
A police spokeswoman said officers were sure the footage was not shot on the island.
She added: "The Bermuda Police Service is aware o...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Buses services remain sidelined this afternoon, despite hopes that a resolution to the three-day dispute had been found.
An agreement, which was thrashed out last night following late night negotiations, was expected to be rubber stamped in a union v...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man fired from a gas station over a $50 bill dropped by a customer more than six years ago has been given a chance to appeal his dismissal before the Supreme Court.
Earlston Bradshaw was fired from the job of pump attendant at Raynor’s Service Stat...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The first non-homeporting cruise of 2021 is set to arrive next week as Bermuda welcomes the Crystal Symphony.
The Crystal Symphony is scheduled to depart Boston on Sunday and arrive in Dockyard on Tuesday, where it will remain for two days as part of...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have asked the public for help tracking down witnesses to an “altercation” in a west end restaurant.
A police spokesman said: “The Bermuda Police Service is aware of a video circulating on social media, showing an altercation which reportedly ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudians have been asked to do what they can to support the people of Haiti in the wake of a deadly earthquake in the Caribbean nation.
David Burt, the Premier, said this afternoon: “The people of Haiti have once again experienced a devastating ear...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Industrial Union indicated it may refuse to go to arbitration over a dispute with Government over bus rosters.
Chris Furbert, BIU president, said yesterday that talks with Government had so far proven fruitless, and he had been told the m...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A plant to turn salt water into fresh water in the East End is planned by the Bermuda Land Development Company.
The BLDC has advertised for a contractor to install and run a new reverse osmosis plant in St David’s.
A notice from the quango said: “The...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A stretch of Harbour Road will be temporarily closed to traffic later this week as part of work to repair a damaged wall.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said the section of Harbour Road between Highwood Lane and Lover’s Lane would be cl...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes