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A new dock has been built at an East End park, despite the lack of government approval for the work.
Workers at the site said the dock, at Rocky Hill Park in St George’s, was a replacement for one that had fallen into disrepair.
A worker at the site,...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A garbage collector was hurt after an unemptied spray paint can exploded over a three-man crew.
A Ministry of Public Works spokesman said that the aerosol can exploded when the bag it was in was put in the government trash truck’s waste compactor and...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Teachers voted yesterday to take a 10 per cent salary cut for a year as part of the fightback from the economic havoc caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers and associated staff unanimously backed the move at a special gen...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A charity set up to protect Bermuda’s bluebirds has appealed to the public to help them save the species.
Stuart Smith, of the Bermuda Bluebird Society, said the group hoped to collect information about eastern bluebird nests island-wide so they coul...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman whose teacher groomed her for sex when she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl said yesterday she was “over the moon” that her public campaign to criminalise such behaviour had persuaded the Government to change the law.
Christine DaCosta was speaki...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Bermuda will be the new stage for an international youth golf tournament next year, the tourism minister announced yesterday.
Zane DeSilva said the Bermuda Junior Championship would be held as a part of a four-year deal agreed between the Bermuda Tou...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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Tourism
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An Opposition senator said that he would have recommended that legislators’ pay was cut by up to a half in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dwayne Robinson asked why a salary reduction for back bench MPs and members of the Upper House was set at 12...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A repeat prowler caught inside a woman’s apartment who claimed he was looking for a lost golf ball was remanded in custody today.
Chet Wilmot, 58, pleaded guilty to entering a home on Belmont Road, Warwick, without lawful excuse on Saturday.
Magistra...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Senators approved amendments aimed at giving the Government more flexibility to fight future pandemics.
The Public Health Amendment Act 2020 gives the Minister of Health the power to create regulations in response to dangerous communicable diseases w...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
2020 Ag Show (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Jun 24, 2020
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Other
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