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Bermudian workers need to be better trained to fill job categories, ranging from chefs to accountants, that are currently dominated by overseas staff.
And the local workforce needs better “soft skills” when it comes to presentation on the job, accord...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A petition condemning the two-year jail sentence handed down to a beauty therapist who slashed another woman’s face with a broken glass has collected more than 700 signatures.
Briton Natalie Simpson, 25, was jailed last month after pleading guilty to...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Insects were eaten, pigs were kissed and Bermuda Football Association treasurer Andrew Griffith stole the show when he donned a red dress to become “Griffilicious” last night as part of a fundraising effort.
Around 15 volunteers took to the stage at ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A special conference is to be held next month to mark the 180th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Bermuda.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley will be the keynote speaker at the event, which will also examine the development of human rights since the ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A US healthcare magnate’s long standing love affair with Bermuda will go on display, starting tomorrow evening, with a trove of rare stamps and early postal artefacts at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.
The exhibition is part of a host of event...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Youngsters at Victor Scott Primary are making a big difference by finding ways to reduce the amount of trash being thrown out, and switching off lights and air conditioning when rooms are not in use to save electricity.
“We’re using 1,000 kilowatts p...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Family, friends and dignitaries gathered in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to celebrate the latest five graduates coming out of Bermuda’s Drug Treatment Court (DTC) programme.
Dignitaries including Chief Justice Ian Kawaley, Senator and Junior Minister...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A Warwick man was today fined $800 after pleading guilty to cannabis possession.
Jace Levigne, 34, of Cobbs Hill, admitted the charges in Magistrates’ Court.
Police officers found Levigne in possession of 4.26 grams of the drug and 0.07 grams of cann...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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A Bermudian shopkeeper has been accused of breaching human rights laws after hurling “a barrage of insults” at a foreign customer.
Belinda Cyrus, who runs the Bermuda School Uniforms store with her husband Carmon, is alleged to have made the remarks ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A 22-year-old convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl has been sentenced to five years behind bars.
Kristopher Gibbons, who was 21 at the time of the incident, admitted receiving oral sex from the girl in a friend’s backyard last July, bu...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
