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The Bermuda Industrial Union and the management of Stevedoring Services have agreed a collective bargaining agreement for dockworkers.
Under the agreement the two sides have agreed a wage freeze for 2015 and 2016 as well as a reduction of the workfor...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015
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A St George’s man accused of unlawfully assaulting his ex-wife denied the charges when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court today.
Phillip Bailey, 44, allegedly assaulted Jocelyn Bailey in St George’s on October 16 last year.
Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015
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Education Minister Wayne Scott has said that the Bermuda Government would be considering school closures and consolidation of preschools and primary schools.
He said that no decisions would be made without consultation with stakeholders. He announced...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Opposition Leader Marc Bean has accused Bob Richards, the Finance Minister, of making a “bad bet” by borrowing $800 million for the Island on an expectation of rising interest rates.
Those loans were approved by Parliament in 2013, with Mr Richards t...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It has been one year and seven months since the Committee of 25 for Handicapped Children lost its status as a charity.
One of the Island’s oldest and most recognised charities, the organisation had failed to submit audited financials — and remains of...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The trial of four men accused of bringing almost $6 million of cannabis to the Island hidden in steel sheets approached its conclusion yesterday.
John Jefferis, 39, Darrin Virgil, 29, and brothers Corte and Iman Gibbons, 47 and 39 respectively, have ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
One Bermuda Alliance backbencher Mark Pettingill likened the Opposition’s Reply to the Budget to a children’s television show, while the Opposition deemed Government’s policy uncaring and overly reliant on taxation.
“Our philosophies are clearly diff...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Shawn Crockwell blamed a sickness bug for severe disruptions to the bus schedules that left hundreds of passengers stranded at various parts of the Island yesterday.
The Transport Minister told his fellow ministers at the House of Assembly this morni...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
Major David Curley will be the next commanding officer of the Bermuda Regiment, Government House confirmed today.
Governor George Fergusson said that Maj Curley will take over when Lieutenant Colonel Mike Foster-Brown completes his term of service in...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015
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A Westgate Correctional Facility employee accused of trying to smuggle contraband into the prison denied the charges when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning.
Art Simons, 39, was charged with attempting to introduce a shower gel container...
DATE: Feb 28, 2015
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