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The Bermuda Industrial Union indicated it may refuse to go to arbitration over a dispute with Government over bus rosters.
Chris Furbert, BIU president, said yesterday that talks with Government had so far proven fruitless, and he had been told the m...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Older people will suffer most from a drawn-out bus strike, a charity leader warned yesterday.
Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, said seniors depended more on public transport than other age groups and no bus service made thei...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A strike by bus service staff will continue today, the Government confirmed last night.
Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said that Department of Public Transportation managers had met Bermuda Industrial Union officials yesterday but had been u...
DATE: Aug 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Buses will be off the roads today after a dispute between drivers and the Department of Public Transportation failed to be resolved over the weekend.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, confirmed last night that strike actio...
DATE: Aug 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The bus service could be shut down on Monday, it was revealed today.
Bus drivers warned they were prepared to strike over a dispute with the Government.
A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Industrial Union said the bus division had agreed to withdraw labou...
DATE: Aug 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The hard-hit taxi industry should get a tax concession from the Government, a former senator has said.
Dwayne Robinson, an ex-OBA member of the Upper House, said the $1,000 payroll tax that drivers have to pay was “a nail in the coffin” that had hamp...
DATE: Aug 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A police crackdown on road offences is in line to be extended for another three months, Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley revealed yesterday.
Mr Corbishley added Operation Vega, launched in July, could also be boosted by an increase in fines ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Work to install new traffic lights in Hamilton continued to move forward today.
The City of Hamilton had announced new poles, lights and sensor systems in the area of Church Street, Par-la-Ville Road, Bermudiana Road and Richmond Road.
The work will ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An unoccupied car overturned on Marsh Folly Road in Pembroke this afternoon – although it appears no one was injured in the incident.
As of 2.40pm, the car remained on its roof in the westbound lane near the entrance to the Pembroke dump.
Police on t...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A head-on collision between a bus and a car on Middle Road in Southampton has caused traffic delays in the western parishes.
A police spokesman said: “The east bound lane of Middle Road, Southampton, is currently blocked due to a two-vehicle collisio...
DATE: Aug 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes