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Action must be taken to ensure that working Bermudians can live with dignity, panellists at a public forum on a living wage have said.
Rolfe Commissiong, chairman of the Joint Select Committee on the Establishment of a Living/Minimum Wage, told the d...
DATE: May 04, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A press release that gave wrong information on the imposition of credit card service charges for payments to the Government was “an inexcusable error”, the Minister of Finance said .
Curtis Dickinson added: “Contrary to established protocols, the rel...
DATE: May 04, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A group of tourists have notched up a total of 256 years of visits to Bermuda.
The eight couples, from the United States and Germany, have been visiting the island for more than 20 years.
Peggy Slade and husband Scott, from New England, have been ann...
DATE: May 04, 2019
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Tourism
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A man who raped a 15-year-old schoolgirl more than 30 years ago was imprisoned for eight years yesterday.
Morris O’Brien, 54, from Pembroke, was convicted of the attack on the teenager after trial in February.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves said the c...
DATE: May 04, 2019
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Court
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A 69-year-old due to face child pornography charges was yesterday identified as the man found dead in a car this week.
Police confirmed that the body of David Aitken was discovered by a family member outside a house on Hidden Lane, Pembroke, on Tues...
DATE: May 04, 2019
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A peace march by schoolchildren was delayed yesterday after the Commissioner of Education’s office said the event could not go ahead.
Desmond Crockwell, one of the activists behind the Walking Up West march, said “concerning red tape” meant that one ...
DATE: May 04, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Azores’ representative to its diaspora was welcomed to Bermuda this week as celebrations of the anniversary of the first Portuguese immigrants continue.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, met Paulo Teves, the dire...
DATE: May 04, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
MPs and senators were told they were on “a public platform” and should behave accordingly as part of talks in a two-day seminar with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
Appropriate use of social media and conduct in the House of Assembly were...
DATE: May 03, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Walkers in the annual End-to-End will enjoy a string of improvements to the Railway Trail sections of the route tomorrow.
Friends of the Bermuda Railway Trail, in partnership with the Parks Department and D&J Excavating, have carried out work to arre...
DATE: May 03, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 38-year-old father has denied punching his five-year-old son.
The man, from Sandys, pleaded not guilty to an assault on the boy in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
The incident is alleged to have happened on April 6 last year. The defendant cannot be...
DATE: May 03, 2019
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Court
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