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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
A showroom for tiles and stone could be built in front of a Warwick house.
A planning application, submitted to the Department of Planning by CTX Design Group on behalf of the Alexandria Trust, proposed a showroom between the house at 51 Middle Road ...
DATE: Aug 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A group of environmental science students have had their hard work rewarded with scholarships from the Bermuda Zoological Society.
Caroline Alexander, Isabella Murdoch and Treiana Zuill were presented with Steinhoff scholarships and Freyja Kermode re...
DATE: Aug 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The trial of a woman accused of the storage of two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition is expected to end early next week.
Tonae Perinchief-Leader, 31, denies allegations that she handled a revolver, a shotgun and 485 rounds of ammunition of se...
DATE: Aug 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Proposals for massive five-figure fines and up to two years behind bars for people caught with illegal plants and animals have been slammed as excessive.
One user wrote on Government forums: “Whilst a fine is plausible, the amount is unjust. Also imp...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman accused of storing two guns and almost 500 rounds of ammunition told a judge yesterday she had no knowledge of the weapons.
Tonae Perinchief-Leader, 31, told the Supreme Court that she had told police she owned one of the two suitcases that c...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes