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Government will not comment on a pilot convicted of driving a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired until an investigation has been completed.
A Ministry of Transport spokeswoman said inquiries surrounding Ascot Lightbourne and his pilotin...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, has rejected calls to abolish “coerced” collective worship in schools.
Mr Rabain said he supported legislation which dictates that schools “shall begin with collective worship on the part of all pupils in at...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Clarence Maxwell
A noted academic is to be honoured at a special dinner celebrating Black History Month next week.
Clarence Maxwell, an assistant professor of History at Millersville University in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, will be guest of honour at t...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A police officer fired after he was accused of striking a teenage suspect with a baton and turning off his body camera has lost a legal battle to be reinstated.
The Public Service Commission found last year that Oswin Pereira should not have been dis...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sacking workers who choose not to be vaccinated against Covid-19 would breach employment law, the Ministry of Labour warned yesterday.
A spokesman added that staff who do not get the jab would still be entitled to sick leave if they tested positive f...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An extra hour to serve customers will benefit restaurants – but restaurateurs said more action must be taken to help them keep their doors open.
Phil Barnett, head of the Island Restaurant Group which operates the Frog & Onion Pub and Hog Penny resta...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two new positive cases of Covid-19 were reported yesterday out of 543 test results, the Ministry of Health said.
One of the new cases was a resident who arrived on the British Airways flight from London on February 11 and tested positive on their day...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A member of the public has called for access to one of the island’s top beaches to be restored five months after a hurricane battered the entry to Elbow Beach.
The popular South Shore beach in Paget bore the brunt of storm surge from Hurricane Teddy,...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Transport workers walked off the job yesterday because of a dispute over “an ongoing disciplinary matter”, it has been revealed.
And the Bermuda Public Services Union has taken a swipe at transport officials, claiming that the matter was resolved onl...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Southampton man yesterday denied causing the death of a nurse in a 2019 road accident.
Norell Hull, 46, pleaded not guilty in Supreme Court to a charge of causing the death of Tamra Broadley, 61, by driving without due care and attention.
The incid...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes