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A union leader has warned the owner of power firm Belco not sell the company to Canadian investors.
Chris Furbert, president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, highlighted rumours heard “through the grapevine” that Sean Durfy, the Canadian chief execut...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Vulnerable people’s homes are being used as cover for drugs barons and other criminals, police revealed yesterday.
Police said intelligence suggested that older people and other at-risk groups were being used by “cuckoos” — criminals who use violence...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s outstanding teenagers have been honoured for their achievements.
Topping the awards was Madison Quig, 17, head girl at Bermuda High School.
Ms Quig, who attained perfect scores in SAT chemistry and biology and a near-perfect score in mathem...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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The lead officer in an investigation into a brutal stabbing denied yesterday that a witness had asked for probation in exchange for evidence.
Detective Sergeant Jason Smith told the court he spoke to the witness while he was behind bars, but that no ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public bus stops will be closed in Dockyard beginning this week as part of an attempt to improve traffic congestion.
A spokesman for the transport ministry said that stops by the North Rock car park and National Museum of Bermuda would no longer be ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
David Burt insisted last night that his decision to sack Walton Brown from Cabinet and replace him with Wayne Furbert was “in the best interests of the Government” and was not because of a difference of opinion over the direction of the ruling party....
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Workers need union protection, a labour leader said yesterday.
Chris Furbert, head of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said the Butterfield Bank decision to shed staff and close the Rosebank branch underlined the case for trade union representation.
Mr ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Nomination day for the municipal elections will be held tomorrow.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church Hall on King Street, Hamilton, will be the location for both municipalities, from 11am to 1pm.
The elections are due to take place on May 9.
Seats avai...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Sri Lankan restaurant worker in Bermuda said yesterday he feared for his family’s safety in the wake of a string of Easter Day bomb attacks that killed at least 321 people in the country’s capital city of Colombo.
Joseph Ariyawansa said his wife an...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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LaKiesha Wolffe’s goal is “to change Bermuda” for the disabled.
Now Ms Wolffe, who lost a leg after a crash six years ago, is ready to launch her consultancy service for the disabled.
It came after she won a place last month among eight businesspeopl...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell