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A woman has sued the Bermuda Hospitals Board over allegations that she was injured in a workplace prank.
While the Supreme Court recently struck out claims that the board (BHB) did not properly train staff not to play potentially dangerous jokes, oth...
DATE: Feb 16, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government spent more than $200,000 on furnishings for the Public Works headquarters and the Government Administration Building.
According to a notice gazetted last month, the Ministry of Public Works spent $213,602.26 on office furnishings. The cont...
DATE: Feb 16, 2015
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The Bermuda Public Service Union has voted to make the president’s position a full-time, paid post.
During an emergency general meeting held last Friday, members voted in favour of the changes previously approved by the union’s General Council. Of th...
DATE: Feb 16, 2015
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A man awaiting trial for burglary was remanded on Monday after the court heard he breached his bail conditions.
Kevin Butterfield, 37, from St George’s, had been released on bail by the Supreme Court last year in advance of a Magistrates’s Court tria...
DATE: Feb 16, 2015
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A Warwick man who walked away from the scene of a crash has been banned from the road.
Odell Grant, 30, pleaded guilty to charges of driving without due care and attention, leaving the scene of an accident, driving without a drivers licence and ridin...
DATE: Feb 16, 2015
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A trip to the UK by Finance Minister Bob Richards and the Cabinet Secretary to take part in a conference cost almost $20,000, according to the Ministerial travel website.
According to the website, Mr Richards and Cabinet Secretary Derrick Binns left ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2015
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man involved in a two-vehicle collision yesterday morning was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired.
According to a Police spokesman, officers responded to reports of a crash in Hamilton Parish a few minutes after 6am that day.
“It appear...
DATE: Feb 15, 2015
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The Bermuda Rainbow Alliance has praised a recent Supreme Court judgment, which granted the ability for unmarried couples to apply for joint adoption.
In the ruling, Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman found that the Adoption Act was discriminatory on the g...
DATE: Feb 14, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee David Burt expressed concerns about government interference as the committee was set to hear evidence about spending on the 35th America’s Cup.
While the committee was scheduled to ask questions of William Fr...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell has dismissed rumours that the proposed hotel on the former Club Med site has lost the St Regis brand.
Asked about reports that Starwood Hotels and Resorts, which owns the brand, had signed an exclusive agreement to w...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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