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Commuters are threatening to boycott the ferries after Transport Minister Terry Lister refused to listen to their concerns about a fare increase.
More than 100 passengers on the pink ferry route have this week signed a petition against the 100 percen...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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Police Media Relations Manager Dwayne Caines has been appointed the acting head of the Department of Communication and Information Services, it was announced this afternoon.
A statement said: “Cabinet Office announced today that Dwayne Caines, has be...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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Economy Minister Kim Wilson said the public was becoming tired of labour disputes - warning they could have a negative impact on Bermuda’s precarious economy.
The Minister also expressed her regret when disputed matters which cannot be resolved throu...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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The Berkeley Institute plans to cut more than half its support staff before the start of the next school year, the Bermuda Public Services Union claimed today.
The school’s 15 custodial, maintenance, secretarial and library staff were told last week ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Corporation of Hamilton workers downed tools this afternoon in their row over the dismissal of a colleague for slapping a teenaged girl.
Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert confirmed the action had taken place this afternoon, amid discon...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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Tim Smith
A judge’s ruling that Charles Richardson should not have been charged with criminal libel will be circulated to media defence lawyers around the world by a charity which got involved in his case.
The UK-based Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) sai...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
A 25-year-old man was sentenced to ten days’ jail for using offensive words during a drunken altercation on Front Street.
Treadwell Smith pleaded guilty to using offensive words near Point Pleasant Park in an incident on August 10.
The court heard th...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man was jailed for three years after he admitted breaking into a Hamilton gas station just hours after being released from prison.
Clinton Smith, 35, pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary and one count of attempted burglary in connection...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Details of the long-awaited 2010 Census are to be released to the public in a few months’ time, according to the Department of Statistics.
The release is being held off until all the data can be cross-checked for accuracy.
Statistics officers are now...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A father-of-two was sentenced to five years in prison after he admitted smuggling almost a kilogram of cocaine to the Island.
Carim Clarke, 29, of East Dale Lane, Southampton, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to importing the controlled drug.
The...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
