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A British police officer claims he missed out on a promotion while serving with the Bermuda Police Service because he is a foreigner.
And Michael Harkin also claims that senior police officers decided not to renew his contract in an act of “retaliati...
DATE: Feb 20, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two merchant sailors are being treated in Bermuda after they were injured on the job in separate incidents.
A 51-year-old Filipino was transported to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital yesterday after he “sustained a serious injury to his right hand” ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2013
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Government’s feral chicken cull programme is having unintended consequences, the SPCA has warned, following the discovery of “significant” numbers of dead wild birds.
In a press release issued yesterday the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to An...
DATE: Feb 19, 2013
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Environment
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East End Primary School is expected to reopen today after it was closed by a downed electrical pole.
The pole’s position posed a safety hazard and left the school without power or telephone service yesterday, a Ministry of Education spokeswoman said...
DATE: Feb 19, 2013
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One Bermuda Alliance chairman Thad Hollis yesterday admonished Opposition party leader Marc Bean for referring to his party as “demonic”.
Mr Bean described the governing party as the “demonic Harry Potter One Bermuda Alliance” at Sunday’s Founders Da...
DATE: Feb 19, 2013
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Politics
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Political power is not enough, lawyer Eugene Johnston told the Progressive Labour Party on Sunday. In a keynote address at the party’s Founders Day luncheon, Mr Johnston warned the party hierarchy that its base “cannot be satisfied with something as ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2013
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Politics
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Former United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan is calling for an end to what he says is the demonisation of the now defunct party he loved.
The former St George’s West MP was the last leader of the UBP and fought to keep it alive before it made its fin...
DATE: Feb 19, 2013
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Politics
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If the winter weather wasn’t enough to keep you out of the water, Bermuda’s latest visitor might.
Mary Lee, a 16ft, 3,456lbs great white shark has been tracked swimming just over 100 miles to the Island’s north and could reach Bermuda’s coast within ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Good Samaritan stopped a homeless burglar from making off with jewellery from a property in Pembroke on Valentine’s Day.
Jason Liburd was spotted stealing several necklaces, two sterling silver pendants and a belt buckle, valued at $559.
He was cau...
DATE: Feb 19, 2013
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Crime
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Organised labour is willing to collaborate with Government to help the Country recover, said Bermuda Public Services Union president Kevin Grant.
“The Government has started reaching out to stakeholders and hopefully this will continue. As I have men...
DATE: Feb 19, 2013
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