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The assistant chief concierge at the Fairmont Southampton Resort has been suspended ? one day after she and four colleagues staged a temporary walk-out to protest a managerial appointment.
The suspension decision appears to be a call for "time-out" t...
DATE: Aug 16, 2006
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Restrictions regarding carry-on luggage for passengers flying direct from Bermuda to London with British Airways have been relaxed slightly in line with a downgrading of the security alert in the UK.
Since last Thursday all travellers heading for Lon...
DATE: Aug 16, 2006
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A man who admitted stealing $5.10 worth of candies and cakes from a supermarket brought a moment of light-hearted relief in Magistrates Court when he asked to be given an ?honourable discharge? from Senior Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo.
A banana cake, a...
DATE: Aug 15, 2006
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Concierge staff staged a walk-out at Fairmont Southampton Resort to protest what they claim is the unfair appointment of a non-Bermudian to a top post ahead of a qualified Bermudian.
Five members of the concierge team walked out to make a point to th...
DATE: Aug 15, 2006
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A Pembroke man has been sent to prison for three months to reflect on a moment of anger that caused him to lash out at a woman who intervened at the scene of a road collision.
Antoine Elmo Thompson admitted assaulting the woman when he appeared at Ma...
DATE: Aug 15, 2006
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It has become a bedrock in most highly-developed countries and in Bermuda it is 24 years since a comprehensive list of Health and Safety at work regulations was adopted.
But despite two decades having passed since the Occupational Safety and Health A...
DATE: Aug 14, 2006
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A plan has been drawn up to keep a traditional stone Bermuda building near the centre of Hamilton and "wrap" a new glass-faced five-storey office block around it on two sides.
The two-storey office of Trott & Duncan law firm, on the corner of Dundona...
DATE: Aug 12, 2006
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Tighter security measures introduced at Bermuda International Airport on Thursday in response to a world-wide terrorism alert are likely to remain in place for the foreseeable future.
Travellers boarding flights to the US yesterday were not allowed t...
DATE: Aug 12, 2006
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A demonstration of the effectiveness of amateur radio communication in Bermuda is to be held in Hamilton today.
At Albuoy?s Point, members of the public have the chance to see how quickly a temporary radio broadcast and receiving station can be creat...
DATE: Aug 12, 2006
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Tourism Minister Dr. Ewart Brown last night expressed cautious optimism that Bermuda will not be badly impacted by any knock-on effect from the latest airline terrorism alert that might dissuade tourists from coming to the Island by air in the coming...
DATE: Aug 11, 2006
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