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Tributes have poured in for a trade union stalwart who was at the forefront of the struggle for workers’ rights in Bermuda.
Hailed as a man who “feared nothing and fought for everything” and a disciplined stalwart, Robert Johnston, a former Bermuda I...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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Long-term parking at the Airport should be easier with a new scheme.
Easy Park meters are about to be scrapped and next month the company which handles long-term parking, Agility Ltd. said the EasyPark Mobile system would be introduced.
This option,...
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British hairdresser Lauren Davies has received a six-month prison sentence for importing more than $60,000 worth of cannabis resin.
The sentence was cut in half from one year in consideration of Davies’ assistance to police after she gave the names o...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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A pressure group calling for the abolition of conscription has put forward a three-point plan to enable the Bermuda Regiment to transfer to a volunteer fighting force.
Larry Marshall, who heads up Bermudians Against the Draft, said it was essential f...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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CableVision is launching a new initiative aimed at creating more jobs on the Island.
Called project HOPE — Help Offer Positions of Employment — the initiative was unveiled at the company’s Salute to Service banquet at the Fairmont Southampton on Satu...
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Bus drivers have called for greater protection in the wake of two brazen incidents of violence on public transport.
Attacks and threats to bus drivers and passengers include an assault on an operator on January 9 — and, on Wednesday night, the robber...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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The tallest tower crane is about to be dismantled and taken down.
It was brought into the Island in 2009 as work continued on the King Edward VII Hospital’s the new Acute Care Wing and named ‘Craneiom’ by local student Isaiah Smith won a contest to c...
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Convicted killer David Cox has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years — the maximum penalty allowed under Bermuda law for premeditated murder.
Cox, 33, to life in prison for gunning down Troy (Yankee) Rawlins,...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An award-winning film described as the most controversial of the year for its frank depiction of a romance between two women is to be screened in Bermuda.
Bermuda International Film Festival (BIFF) will show “Blue is the Warmest Colour” on January 26...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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A convicted killer has had his minimum sentenced more than halved as a result of a recent Privy Council ruling.
Antonio Myers, 28, had been sentenced to spend at least 38 years behind bars for the murder of Kumi Harford, however that sentence has now...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
