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AN international charity which raises funds for needy ex-service personnel has quashed suggestions that money raised on the island will not be used locally.
And the Royal British Legion also insists that former military personnel can benefit from fun...
DATE: Nov 04, 2007
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THE whistleblower who leaked to the media details of a damning police investigation into Government corruption has spoken publicly about his actions for the first time.
Businessman Harold Darrell told the Mid-Ocean News he felt compelled to expose th...
DATE: Nov 04, 2007
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BERMUDA'S longest running discrimination case is set to go at least another round - despite a decision by the Human Rights Commission to close its file on the issue.
Businessman Harold Darrell - who claims he was discriminated against by the Bank of ...
DATE: Nov 02, 2007
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GOVERNMENT is set to spend around $70 million on consultancy fees this financial year ¿ an increase of 150 per cent in the past ten years.
The bill, which has ballooned dramatically in the last two years alone, has prompted the Opposition United Ber...
DATE: Oct 28, 2007
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HAROLD Darrell's ongoing Human Rights case against the Bank of Bermuda centres on who is the respondent to the complaint - the bank itself as a corporate entity, the individual directors - or both.
According to Mr. Darrell, the bank's lawyers insiste...
DATE: Oct 12, 2007
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GOVERNMENT is facing fresh charges of cronyism after an associate of Premier Ewart Brown was awarded the island's first ever limousine permit.
And entrepreneur David Durham has been charged with being able "to see into the future" after carrying out...
DATE: Oct 12, 2007
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AT first glance, 17-year-old Joseph could be a typical teenager. Hanging around the local market with his friends, the young man fits the stereotypical image of carefree youth.
Yet Joseph's life is far from ordinary. The tough streets of Kampala, the...
DATE: Oct 07, 2007
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THE UK Government plans to investigate the legality of a controversial stem cell research clinic being set up on the island by Premier Ewart Brown and his wife, the Mid-Ocean News can reveal.
Dr. Brown and his wife Wanda recently joined forces with U...
DATE: Oct 07, 2007
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BUSINESS chiefs have expressed a mixture of caution, concern and outrage at Government plans to impose quotas on employers.
A number of business organisations, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Bermuda Employers' Council, and the Association of ...
DATE: Sep 30, 2007
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THE controversial closure of the Medical Clinic appears to have had little impact on the welfare of patients, initial reports suggest.
The clinic, which provided free healthcare to the poor and elderly, was shut down by Government in July. The surpri...
DATE: Sep 16, 2007
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