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The head of the Bermuda Police Service’s internal discipline unit is returning to the UK, a police spokesman said today.
Superintendent Gillian Murray was seconded to Bermuda from the British Transport Police on a 12 month contract in October 2019. ...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
“Bermudian resilience” is the theme of Heritage Month as the island’s culture and heritage is scheduled to get a virtual showcase for the second year in a row.
The traditional May Bermuda Day Parade will not go ahead as usual because of pandemic rest...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A total of seven people – some with serious injuries – were rushed to hospital last night after three road accidents in the space of half an hour.
Police said a motorcycle rider, a 19-year-old man, was in collision with a 82-year-old man just before ...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The historic 1981 General Strike that changed the island’s political direction and a tourism economy that was the envy of other destinations started 40 years ago today.
The island’s biggest labour dispute in its history capped a decade of social unre...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A total of five new coronavirus cases have been logged, the health ministry said tonight.
The cases were among 447 test results that came back to health officials today – a positivity rate of 1.1 per cent.
The five cases were all recorded as on-islan...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A civil servant helped broker a deal in the island’s worst industrial relations stalemate, trade unionists said yesterday.
They said the “tireless” work of Kenneth Richardson, who was Permanent Secretary at the labour and home affairs ministry at the...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Activists will livestream a commemoration today to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 General Strike.
Glenn Fubler, a community activist and founder of Imagine Bermuda, said it was a celebration of “the largest peaceful protest in our history”.
Th...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An inquiry into historic land losses was yesterday branded a sham by witnesses who claimed they were gagged from giving evidence at the hearing.
Now complainants have taken legal action to ask for a judicial review of the commission.
Myron Piper and ...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A steroid used to treat asthmatics may have protected them from infection by the coronavirus, a member of an health group said yesterday.
Tracy Nash, the director of education at asthma charity Open Airways, said that asthmatics were not as badly aff...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A consultation period on the introduction of specialist signature schools was a success, the education ministry said yesterday.
A spokeswoman added officials were happy with the level of participation – but declined to say how many people had taken p...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan