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A public clash over trade union decertification that sparked threats of industrial action last year “should have been handled better”, the Government and the Bermuda Industrial Unions have agreed.
David Burt, the Premier, said yesterday the two sides...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A longstanding hospitality worker who became a hotel chef at a time when few women could be found in the trade was also a union and Progressive Labour Party stalwart.
A proud lifelong Somerset resident, Viola “Pinky” Rogers embarked on hotel work in ...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A billionaire charged with tax evasion and money laundering through a web of offshore entities in Bermuda and Nevis will have to stand trial, a US judge has ruled.
Lawyers for Robert Brockman, 80, had argued that the tech tycoon was unfit to face the...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A judge cited “persuasive” evidence from lawyer Evatt Tamine about billionaire Robert Brockman’s ability to engage in “sophisticated furtive behaviour to conceal his actions” as a reason why the latter’s criminal trial should go ahead.
United States ...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A Supreme Court judge has recused herself from hearing cases involving former Premier Ewart Brown.
Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams had been set to preside over two matters involving Dr Brown, including a criminal case regarding 13 charges of offic...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
One of the island’s top youth development programmes remains running despite the shock announcement last week that the charity Raleigh International UK was shutting down.
Instead, Raleigh International Bermuda could partner with other Raleigh societi...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man jailed for 30 years for a daylight shooting in Hamilton is expected to return to court next month to fight against his conviction.
Jahmico Trott, who was found guilty of attempted murder in connection with a 2017 shooting on Court Street, Pembr...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Calls for Travel Authorisation (TA) forms to be scrapped have been stepped up by the Opposition.
Michael Dunkley, the shadow health minister, said the measure was a deterrent for people seeking to come to the island.
The One Bermuda Alliance MP raise...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermudians seeking a Canadian visa can submit their biometrics for the first time in two years, the labour and economy ministry announced.
Biometrics became impossible to collect after the Canadian Government instituted a travel ban for Canadian publ...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A 23-year-old man remains in police custody while another man has been treated and released from hospital in the wake of an altercation last night involving a bladed article, police said.
Police were called to the neighbourhood of Cedar Park, Devons...
DATE: May 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
