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A friendly society told a court yesterday that a police investigation should be launched into the reasons it was denied permission to provide motor insurance.
Craig Walls, a member of the Bentley Friendly Society, told the Supreme Court: “It is scand...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An industrial dispute about overtime payments to school custodians was settled yesterday, The Royal Gazette has learned.
About 25 public school custodians downed tools and gathered at the Bermuda Industrial Union headquarters yesterday morning afte...
DATE: Nov 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Applications are now being accepted for the Government’s 2022 Graduate Trainee Programme.
The Economic Recovery Plan’s Youth Employment Programme was launched by the Ministry of Labour as a pilot programme in February 2021 with 15 recent college and ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
News that the island was to become a test bed for renewable energy sources has been welcomed by environmentalists.
Karen Border, the executive director for the Bermuda National Trust, said the Throne Speech announcement was “a worthy goal”.
But she...
DATE: Nov 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A blueprint to boost the economy in ailing St George will be considered, the Government revealed in the Throne Speech yesterday.
Rena Lalgie, the Governor, who delivered the speech on behalf of the Government, said the strategic plan would be “infor...
DATE: Nov 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
CCTV footage of a fatal road crash was released to the public by a police officer, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Acting Commissioner of Police Darrin Simons said the officer had admitted he had posted the video on social media.
Mr Simons said: “Aft...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Young people involved in an adventure training charity have been featured in digital artworks as part of a project designed to battle negative stereotypes of Black people.
Dany Pen, the executive director of Raleigh Bermuda, said the art project, par...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
It will be illegal to fish all but three species of shark under legislation being drafted, the Ministry of Home Affairs has revealed.
A ministry spokesman said that commercial fishermen would be allowed to catch Galapagos and smooth dogfish, the two...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The only alternative to taking immediate action to fight climate change is “a collapse of human civilisation”, a leading conservationist has warned.
David Wingate delivered the stark message as the public was yesterday asked by the Bermuda Climate Ac...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Government pest control worker has been accused of breaking the rules and killing wild birds as well as the target feral chickens.
A business owner said she had seen “dozens of birds dropping dead” outside of her Warwick warehouse after poison was ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan