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Members of the public should show trash collectors more respect, according to the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union.
Chris Furbert also said that those who have criticised collectors who downed tools recently should instead be concerned over...
DATE: Aug 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A legal challenge that claimed strict curfew laws were unconstitutional and denied people a “reasonable excuse” will be rescinded after the man at the centre of the challenge admitted to a breach of the Government curfew.
Marc Daniels, the lawyer for...
DATE: Jul 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man who rear-ended a truck while more than two and a half times the legal alcohol limit was banned from the roads for 18 months last week.
Pierre Nicholas, 33, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the legal blood-alcohol limit...
DATE: Jul 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Sports bodies across the island sung Flora Duffy’s praises yesterday after her historic gold medal-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics.
Donna Raynor, the president of the Bermuda National Athletics Association, said that Ms Duffy’s triumph in t...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
HSBC showed the Bermuda Hospitals Board some “Cup Match magic” in the form of cricket equipment and other goods.
The bank’s Cup Match Motorcade drove passed the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Paget on Monday to set up special tables, which incl...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Garbage collectors who downed tools last week over a lack of working trash trucks returned to work yesterday morning – but garbage collection will still be impacted for the rest of the week.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said that alth...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A maths whiz reached a new personal best and climbed global records after memorising 20,000 digits of Pi.
Troy Ashby, a maths lecturer at Bermuda College, memorised and wrote the digits non-stop for 24 hours, breaking his previous record of 12,000 di...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Industrial action taken over a lack of working trash trucks could see waste collection halted next week, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union warned.
Chris Furbert said yesterday that the Ministry of Public Works had agreed to supply waste c...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Visitation requirements at the hospital have been relaxed after a decline in active Covid-19 cases on the island.
Wesley Miller, the Bermuda Hospital’s Board’s chief of staff, said that the board was “pleased” to allow more visitation – but that it s...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The final Creatives Live! concert of the summer will take place on Saturday, the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport said today.
Passers-by around City Hall in Hamilton this weekend will be treated to performances by the multi-instrumental band Cora...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson