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Directors at under-fire power firm Belco are prepared to meet union and government representatives to try to end industrial action at the firm.
A spokesman for Ascendant Group, Belco’s parent company, said the board wanted talks to end a work-to-rule...
DATE: Oct 06, 2018
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A man pulled over by police for poor driving was caught with cocaine, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.
Omar Young, 44, was stopped on North Shore Road in Pembroke after officers saw him driving on the wrong side of the road and overtaking other ve...
DATE: Oct 06, 2018
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A knife-wielding robber gambled and lost when he tried to rob a bookmaker’s shop yesterday.
For the man was confronted by a woman staff member and two other men helped wrestle him to the ground before he cut his losses and ran off empty-handed.
A man...
DATE: Oct 05, 2018
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Technology has helped people with sight problems overcome their disability, the Bermuda Society for the Blind said yesterday.
Vince Godber, a vision rehabilitation therapist, said a woman who was heartbroken that her deteriorating eyesight had stoppe...
DATE: Oct 05, 2018
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Three derelict vehicles parked at the government quarry caught fire yesterday.
A fire service spokesman said firefighters were called out to the quarry in Hamilton Parish just before 9.30am.
The spokesman said: “Firefighters quickly extinguished the ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2018
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A veteran doctor who practised in Bermuda for more than 50 years has died.
Gordon Black, who was 91, grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, and arrived in Bermuda in 1957 for a residency at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and promptly fell in love with the ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2018
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Power firm Belco has asked permission to create an electric vehicle showroom and workshop in one of its buildings.
The showroom is planned for an existing building at the junction of Cemetery Lane and Serpentine Road in Pembroke.
A planning applicati...
DATE: Oct 05, 2018
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Police have renewed a call for the public to help find missing teenager Jahzyah Hayward.
A police spokesman said the 16-year-old briefly returned after a public appeal on Monday, but has since left again.
The spokesman said Jahzyah is brown complexio...
DATE: Oct 05, 2018
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Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, put Bermuda’s fintech progress in the spotlight at the Commonwealth ICT Forum.
Mr Caines met with senior policymakers, regulators and industry leaders at the conference in Port of Spain, Trinidad and T...
DATE: Oct 04, 2018
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Tennis pros from overseas will need to win approval by the Bermuda Lawn Tennis Association to get work permits, the Government said yesterday.
Walton Brown, the home affairs minister, said the move was made to ensure Bermudian tennis pros were given ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2018
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