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DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Lance Haynes got a baptism of fire as he helped battle one of the largest blazes in recent times only months into the job.
Now he is the 2018 Firefighter of the Year, only two years after he and colleagues tackled the major fire that destroyed a buil...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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No pressure was put on the health minister to sign off on the termination of the Bermuda Health Council chief executive, she insisted yesterday.
Kim Wilson said that her approval of the end of Tawanna Wedderburn’s employment was made without outside ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A social inquiry report was ordered on a teenager caught in possession of cannabis with intent to supply.
Jah’Dimon Parkes, 17, admitted the offence at Magistrates’ Court this week.
The court heard that Parkes, from Pembroke, was arrested in the par...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Court
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Kirsten Badenduck, an insurance executive who became a champion for the disabled, has died. Ms Badenduck was 69.
She was confined to a wheelchair after she suffered serious injuries in 2002 car crash while on holiday in Northern California.
But Ms Ba...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The 100th anniversary of the island’s first trade union is a “vital” milestone, the organiser of an event to honour its founders said yesterday.
Glenn Fubler said that the anniversary was important “not just to the BUT, but to the whole community”. ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Education
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The family of a man shot dead has lost a legal attempt to recover $5,000 seized by US Customs officers a year before he was killed.
The Supreme Court heard that Morlan Steede was stopped at the airport on January 22, 2016 as he tried to fly to Jamaic...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said tax increases included in the Pre-Budget Report were being considered, but were not guaranteed.
However, he told an audience at a public meeting last night that if taxes on commercial and residential re...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Suppliers from all over the world have been asked to come up with proposals for a greener bus service for the island.
A request for information was issued last week to ask for suggestions for new buses in an attempt to improve the environment, cut co...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Lawyers for Ewart Brown, a doctor and former premier, have called for an investigation after they alleged police used sensitive patient information to pressure a potential witness as part of an inquiry into his medical practices.
They wrote to John R...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
