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The head of the firefighters’ union said yesterday that ageing equipment and a lack of staff had helped spark a rejection of government cost-cutting proposals forced by the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nakia Pearson, the president of the...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudians must stop “cherry-picking” on human rights, an activist said at the weekend.
Linda Bogle-Mienzer said in the black community, she could not “bring my gay self”.
But she added: “In the LGBT community, which is predominantly white, I cannot ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A clampdown on unscrupulous employers who fail to foot the bill for overseas workers who returned home was signalled by the labour minister at the weekend.
Jason Hayward reminded company owners that they were obliged to pay for tickets home for peopl...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian student is to start her final year at an overseas boarding school as head girl.
Adriana Malpas, 17, said that she would oversee events put on by prefects as part of her new role at the Trinity College School in Ontario, Canada.
She added ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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A 60-year-old man was found with “multiple” stab wounds on a Hamilton street yesterday.
The injured man was found on Union Street at about 10am.
A police spokesman said the man was taken to hospital by car for treatment, but that his injuries were n...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A series of fake social-media advertisements is circulating claiming to link Wayne Caines, a government MP, to fraudulent investment opportunities.
A government spokeswoman “strongly urged” the public to ignore them, and report them to the social me...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A single case of the coronavirus was reported on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said.
A ministry spokeswoman said the case arrived on Friday’s Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta and was among 774 test results that came back yesterday. The rest wer...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A renewed application for a housing development on the grounds of historic Walsingham House will be opposed by the Bermuda National Trust.
The news came after Tom Moore’s Tavern restaurateur Bruno Fiocca made an application for a continuation of plan...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A group of gourmets has raised $2,500 for restaurant workers laid off because of the Covid-19 pandemic with a special dinner.
A total of 20 members of the Bermuda chapter of the Chaîne des Rôtisseur, Bailliage des Bermudes, food-lovers organisation c...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
A social inquiry report on a teenager who admitted taking a knife to school was ordered by a court today.
Malachi Fox, 18, also pleaded guilty at Magistrates’ Court to possession of $800 worth of stolen goods.
The court heard that Fox was seen play f...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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Court
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