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Industrial Action Day 3. (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Mar 15, 2016
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Protesters shut down the House of Assembly with a nine-hour blockade yesterday, preventing MPs from debating the controversial Pathways to Status Bill.
Hundreds of campaigners linked arms to form a human barrier to stop MPs entering the Parliament bu...
DATE: Mar 15, 2016
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Budget
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Student attendance was adversely affected across Bermuda’s schools owing to island-wide work stoppages yesterday despite all schools remaining open.
Yesterday marked the second day of stoppages by Civil Service workers in protest against the Bermuda...
DATE: Mar 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Responding to yesterday’s immigration reform protest at Sessions House, the Premier has called the Bermuda Government’s proposed legislation “a step for the long-term economic health of the Bermudian people”.The rally of 1,500 people saw MPs prevente...
DATE: Mar 15, 2016
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Politics
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A breakaway group of immigration reform protesters marched from Sessions House to the office of Attorney-General Trevor Moniz yesterday afternoon, in an effort to confront him about the “Pathways to Status” initiative.
The 30-strong group set off at...
DATE: Mar 15, 2016
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Budget
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Potential jurors were escorted out of the House of Assembly yesterday morning as protesters joined arms to surround the Parliament building.
Meanwhile, Chief Justice Ian Kawaley as well as court staff were not able to gain access to court rooms insid...
DATE: Mar 15, 2016
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Budget
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Hundreds of full containers remain on the dockside in Hamilton as a result of two days of industrial action.
Although containers were unloaded from the Somers Isles and Bermuda Islander last week about 200 containers have not moved since Thursday w...
DATE: Mar 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Local boat owner Bill Tatem offered a helping hand to Bermudians, residents and tourists struggling to make their way around the island during yesterday’s work stoppages by giving them a free lift in his boat.
The self-employed construction worker to...
DATE: Mar 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
When Magnus Henneberger shaves his head for St Baldrick’s it will be the sixth time in a row the 13-year-old Saltus Grammar School student has lost his locks.
But Magnus’s exploits are grounded in the reality of having two people very close to him wh...
DATE: Mar 15, 2016
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The Designated Sites application process has been officially opened today, according to Richard Schuetz, executive director of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission.
Property owners who want to build an integrated resort casino or a casino on an exist...
DATE: Mar 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
