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Eighteen workers have been let go by Universal Electric due to the global economic downturn, according to a source.
The lay-offs are said to have been expected for a while and are apparently “across-the-board”.
“There were apprentices laid off, seni...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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Eighteen workers have been let go by Universal Electric due to the global economic downturn, according to a source.
The lay-offs are said to have been expected for a while and are apparently “across the board”.
“There were apprentices laid off, seni...
DATE: Feb 02, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Government has agreed not to arrest four Regiment conscripts who claim to be conscientious objectors for the time being.
Eugene Johnston, who represents Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD), sought an emergency injunction last week to stop Shaki Easton...
DATE: Feb 02, 2011
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Bermuda's first self-regulating media council officially opens for business today with its creators promising a “new era of heightened responsibility and accountability”.
Twenty news outlets have signed up in support of the Media Council of Bermuda a...
DATE: Feb 02, 2011
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Contractors have been ordered to stop building a sea wall at the home of Opposition MP Grant Gibbons a week before it was due to be finished.
Alan Burland, president of BCM McAlpine, told The Royal Gazette he was “surprised and annoyed” to receive th...
DATE: Feb 02, 2011
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Educators in Bermuda are "constantly bombarded" with inappropriate behaviour, a school therapist told MPs today.
Shacolbi Basden told the joint select committee on violent crime and gun violence the behaviour included bad language, blatant disrespect...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Ten workers have been laid off at Paterson Contracting due to the sluggish construction industry.
The local company, which employs 35 people and is based on Harbour Road, has issued lay-off letters to eight Bermudians and two foreign workers.
Financi...
DATE: Jan 25, 2011
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High winds swept across Bermuda at the weekend causing an unusual incident with a trampoline for one family.
Sally Topley, 45, was convinced a tornado had swept through her back garden in the early hours of Saturday after she woke to find her childre...
DATE: Jan 24, 2011
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A grassroots movement based in Bermuda’s gang heartland has won an award for its efforts to help rebuild a community torn apart by violence.
One Community Unified a collaboration of churches, police and other organisations in east Pembroke was presen...
DATE: Jan 24, 2011
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An alleged sex assault victim made a complaint to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) about his former manager, a court heard on Friday.
Mr X was quizzed about the grievance by Shade Subair, who is both defence lawyer for the manager and chairman of th...
DATE: Jan 24, 2011
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