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The teachers union yesterday joined forces with other labour organisations to oppose legislation designed to give non-union members a vote to end representation.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers backed the Bermuda Trade Union Congress, the Bermuda Indus...
DATE: Dec 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three charities that support young and old people got a bumper pre-Christmas boost from fundraising efforts by an international business.
The Foster Parent Association, the Eliza DoLittle Society, and Age Concern have all been given gifts of toys or ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A fundraising campaign gave a Christmas boost of nearly $5,000 to the charity Big Brothers Big Sisters Bermuda.
KraftHeinz and Butterfield & Vallis gave from the third quarter of their 2020 Kraft Cares Campaign at the end of October
Part of the proce...
DATE: Dec 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An island-wide blackout failed to slow business at the new airport, a spokeswoman said yesterday.
But bad winter weather off the US East Coast caused delays to some flights scheduled to leave the island.
The JetBlue flight was scheduled to leave for ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police will be out in force on curfew checks from tonight, a spokesman warned tonight.
He said: “While compliance is our first objective, we must remind that persons found in breach of the curfew regulations without an exemption may be summonsed to a...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A power cut that hit the island yesterday was an “anomaly”, the president of Belco’s parent company insisted.
Wayne Caines said staff continued to investigate the cause of the outage, but a recurrence was not expected.
Most customers had power resto...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Bermuda Hospitals Board surgery leader was today announced as the new Chief of Staff.
Wesley Miller will take up the position next month after it was left vacant by Michael Richmond, who became BHB chief executive and president earlier this year....
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
About three quarters of the island had power restored this afternoon as Belco crews worked to get electricity to all residents and businesses by the end of the day.
Dennis Pimentel, the company president, said that teams were “feverishly working" to ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
A private school has launched an investigation into potential historic sex abuse, it was revealed yesterday.
Mount Saint Agnes Academy told parents in a letter yesterday that it had hired T&M Protection Resources, a New York-based firm, to conduct th...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
