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The owners of Flatts Menswear have spoken of their disgust at burglars who broke into the shop after Hurricane Gonzalo knocked out power in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Manager Jennifer Lindo and her father, store owner Mickey Adderley, disco...
DATE: Oct 20, 2014
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Extra flights are operating from LF Wade International Airport tomorrow to get visitors out of Bermuda before Hurricane Gonzalo hits.
But the airport will close at 9pm tomorrow and remain closed on Friday.
The Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) sa...
DATE: Oct 15, 2014
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Boat owner Steven Smith told yesterday of his devastation after his 58ft catamaran Rising Son II came loose from her mooring during Tropical Storm Fay and ended up with “massive, massive damage”.
The young entrepreneur, who was in the midst of a succ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2014
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Airlines are advising travellers with plans for later this week and this weekend to keep checking their websites for updates in relation to Hurricane Gonzalo.
The storm is forecast to reach Bermuda, potentially as a Category 4 hurricane, by Friday lu...
DATE: Oct 14, 2014
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A GP believes he has the answer to the problem of unnecessary emergency room visits causing health insurance premiums to rise — a drop-in medical clinic where no appointment is necessary.
As reported by The Royal Gazette last month, Bermuda Hospitals...
DATE: Oct 08, 2014
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A prison officer ordered to undergo anger management counselling after allegedly verbally abusing a sexual assault victim has been accused again of the same behaviour.
Lincoln Smith, an officer at Westgate, was “placed on charge” after the young inma...
DATE: Oct 08, 2014
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Premier Michael Dunkley has assured civil servants they will continue to be consulted on public sector reform — on the same day the Island’s white-collar union rejected proposals released by Government earlier this year.
The Bermuda Public Services U...
DATE: Oct 07, 2014
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Finance Minister Bob Richards insisted last night that Government would not write off any of the $35 million in state pension arrears owed by delinquent employers – despite comments to the contrary made by Premier Michael Dunkley.
Mr Dunkley told the...
DATE: Oct 02, 2014
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More than $35 million in pension arrears is owed to the public purse from delinquent employers — $20 million more than in 2008 when tougher penalties were brought in for those breaking the law.
A Ministry of Finance spokesman admitted yesterday that ...
DATE: Oct 01, 2014
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A senior officer at a publicly-funded quango is running a company which operates the private jet terminal at the airport.
Anthony Richardson, chief financial officer at Bermuda Land Development Corporation, is also the deputy chairman and a director ...
DATE: Oct 01, 2014
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