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The Bermuda Union of Teachers voted yesterday to abandon a work to rule for the start of the new school term.
The breakthrough came after a significant development in negotiations over terms and conditions with the education department.
The union sai...
DATE: Sep 01, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two cruise ship passengers were arrested yesterday in connection with a violent incident in Dockyard in the early hours of the morning that left a pair of island teenagers in hospital with serious injuries.
Police said a fight broke out between thre...
DATE: Sep 01, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
David Burt has reiterated that the new Progressive Labour Party government is committed to making Bermuda work for Bermudians.
In his Labour Day message, the Premier said legislation could not be expected to change the attitudes of many in the priva...
DATE: Sep 01, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Police in London are investigating the disappearance of a 25-year-old Bermuda resident earlier this week.
Trounsell Thompson-Ming has been missing since Monday after attending the Notting Hill Carnival, according to the Greenwich Metropolitan Police...
DATE: Sep 01, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
LF Wade International Airport was evacuated yesterday afternoon after a fire alarm went off.
Staff and passengers were allowed back into the building after the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service did a security sweep and gave the all clear.
A Skyport a...
DATE: Sep 01, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Government House Gardens will open to the public on Sunday for the last time this summer.
The grounds have been open to residents and visitors since April 30 and Governor John Rankin said he hoped to continue the Sunday openings next summer.
Mr Ran...
DATE: Sep 01, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Beyond Rugby students will be able to do their homework on laptops this year, thanks to DHL Express Bermuda.
Rob Brown, DHL Bermuda country manager, said the donation of 90 reconditioned laptops will help to support young students.
He said: “The chil...
DATE: Aug 31, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Minister of Education Diallo Rabain yesterday said he hoped that teachers in the public system would be happy with the result of negotiations about working conditions and end a work to rule.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers voted to work to rule before ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The owner of the rental pontoon that sunk in the Great Sound on Monday evening has said that the 13 passengers on board did not exceed the weight limit.
The incident, in which six children and seven adults were pulled out of the water, is under inves...
DATE: Aug 31, 2017
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Other
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David Burt has renewed the Progressive Labour Party’s election pledge to review the airport redevelopment contract.
The Premier told The Royal Gazette that news of the possible sale of Aecon would also be considered as part of the review, although he...
DATE: Aug 31, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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