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Bermuda Public Services Union leaders have pointed the finger directly at top Government civil servants who were members of a joint government-union working group.
They say the civil servants “failed” to find a “meagre” $5 million in Government budge...
DATE: Jan 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The Bermuda Trade Union Congress has released the following statement after a second day of disruption to public services as a result of the standoff with the Bermuda Government on the future of the furlough day arrangement.
“The BTUC agreed to work...
DATE: Jan 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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The Bermuda Festival paid “travellers fees” to the Bermuda Entertainers Union in December, refuting claims that they had not been paid, in a statement released this afternoon.
Ian Davidson, Bermuda Festival chairman, stated: “It was with great disapp...
DATE: Jan 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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A 25-year-old man was remanded into custody after he pleaded guilty to unlawful assaulting a woman and doing her bodily harm when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning.
Jared Gordon, of Sound View Road, Sandys, admitted assaulting Damaia Du...
DATE: Jan 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Bermuda College is hosting a scaled down Science Week 2015 owing to the closure of the public schools.
“More than 400 middle and high school students were expected on campus to interact with Bermuda College lecturers on the various science discipline...
DATE: Jan 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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A man suspected of carrying drugs dashed out of the airport, dived into Castle Harbour and make good his escape by swimming to the Grotto Bay Beach Resort.
But two days later 21-year-old Luke Lindo turned himself in to Police.
And in Magistrates’ Cou...
DATE: Jan 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Unions March On Cabinet. (Photos by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Jan 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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A group of mariners who ran into trouble in the Great Sound on Saturday were rescued by good Samaritans, who towed them to port.
Just before noon, the Maritime Operations Centre reported receiving a cell phone call from four people, who were on board...
DATE: Jan 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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iNews Guyana is reporting that “a female citizen of Bermuda” was arrested at the South American country’s national airport on suspicion of ingesting narcotics.
The woman, who was not named in the report, is said to have “so far passed out a number of...
DATE: Jan 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley has requested a meeting with members of the Criminal Defence Bar, following an “inappropriate” walkout on Friday.
During a special sitting of the Supreme Court to open the 2015 Legal Year, 15 defence lawyers walked out of th...
DATE: Jan 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
