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The Tynes Bay public drop-off facility will remain open longer today and tomorrow to help the public to deal with uncollected trash.
A spokesman for the Waste Management Section of the Ministry of Public Works encouraged the public to take household ...
DATE: Jan 29, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Crucial talks between Government and the unions over spending cuts ended late last night with unions claiming an agreement had been reached by the Budget Reduction Working Group.
At 11pm Bermuda Industrial Union president, Chris Furbert told a press ...
DATE: Jan 29, 2015
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Budget
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Renowned long-distance runner Ronnie Wong has donated funds to St John Ambulance Brigade.
The 68-year-old athlete is a regular competitor in the Island’s Race Weekend, and collected sponsorship for this year’s event.
Mr Wong has been impressed by St ...
DATE: Jan 29, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
An online forum designed to secure a helping hand for those in need has soared in popularity amid the public sector’s industrial action.
Facebook page Helping Bermuda has been assisting people with needs such as finding transport after public servic...
DATE: Jan 29, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Chelsea Amber Nisbett is waiting anxiously to find out whether she will earn a prestigious Canadian national music award for her third album.
The singer/songwriter — daughter of Bermudian Thomas WL Nisbett and the granddaughter of Anglican Church Can...
DATE: Jan 29, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Corporation of Hamilton sought legal counsel to contest its own management’s decision to fire a worker who repeatedly tested positive for cannabis use and had three accidents on the job.
The attempt to challenge the dismissal was revealed by a so...
DATE: Jan 29, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Behind the drama being played out in front of Cabinet Office this week looms a stark reality — that if the Bermuda Government does not soon start spending much less and/or earning much more, it is only a matter of time before fiscal collapse.
While p...
DATE: Jan 29, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
The Department of Health has issued a reminder on the importance of immunisation against measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases in light of recent US-based outbreaks.
The Centers for Disease Control reporting a “large multi-scale measles outb...
DATE: Jan 29, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Marsh and Guy Carpenter have donated $6,000 to the Coalition for the Protection of Children.
The donation, made yesterday, is part of the companies’ efforts to support local Bermuda charities.
The CPC is a charitable foundation established in 1992 ...
DATE: Jan 29, 2015
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A teenager who admitted stealing a motorcycle and dangerous driving was given a conditional discharge and banned from the roads for 18 months when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning.
David Burchall, 19, of Town Hill Road, Smith’s, was sp...
DATE: Jan 29, 2015
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Court
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