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The Labour Dispute Tribunal defended its decision to require prison officers to make health insurance payments on the second day of a Supreme Court hearing.
While the Government maintained that prison officers were never promised free health insuranc...
DATE: Nov 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who robbed a woman to help feed his drug habit and punched her 13-year-old son has expressed remorse for his actions in Magistrates’ Court.
Ernest Smith, 42, added that hearing the facts of the case gave him the push he needed to seek help.
Smi...
DATE: Nov 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Bermuda’s newest MP told colleagues that he was tired of “political bickering” in his maiden address to Parliament yesterday.
Jason Hayward said: “As a matter of fact, I am not fond of our current political construct that is adversarial in nature.”
T...
DATE: Nov 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A man imprisoned this year for the rape of a 15-year-old girl more than 30 years ago has lost an appeal against his conviction.
Morris O’Brien argued that his lawyer, Kamal Worrell, had failed to follow his instructions about the cross-examination of...
DATE: Nov 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A valuable lost ring has been handed in to police today after being found on the street by a youngster who believes in following the example of superheroes.
The gold ring set with precious stones was picked up at around 12.30pm by David Campbell, 4, ...
DATE: Nov 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two people were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after a shed caught fire today.
The single-storey wooden structure was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived at the scene at Woodlawn Road, Sandys, at about 8.20am.
Three fire v...
DATE: Nov 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Prison officers fought against changes that require them to make health insurance payments in the Supreme Court yesterday.
The Bermuda Prison Officers Association argued that it had a substantial expectation that the officers would be exempted from m...
DATE: Nov 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute has organised a free showing of a documentary about the aftermath of suicide as part of a mental health awareness campaign.
The film, Evelyn, follows a family’s efforts to come to terms with the suicide of their so...
DATE: Nov 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of 14 entrepreneurs and event producers could receive up to $210,000 in investments, the Bermuda Tourism Authority has announced.
The BTA has already approved funding for nine applicants to its Experience Investment Programme.
Another five pa...
DATE: Nov 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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A year ago, Michelle and Iriah Freeman launched their fundraising campaign to help pay for treatment for their baby, Iziah, who has Costello’s Syndrome.
Shortly after Iziah was born in 2018, he had breathing and feeding difficulties and struggled to ...
DATE: Nov 29, 2019
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Other
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