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A fired doctor’s sweeping lawsuit against the Bermuda Hospitals Board has closed with allegations of wrongful dismissal, fabricated records, defamation and the deliberate infliction of emotional distress.
Charles Curtis-Thomas is calling for damages ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2014
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A driver who crashed after fleeing police in an attempt to evade a speeding ticket received a heavy fine in yesterday’s sitting of Magistrates’ Court.
But an apologetic Trovaughn Smith, 29, of Granaway Heights in Southampton, avoided being convicted ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2014
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An emaciated homeless man’s life was saved after a passer-by came to his aid — but for humanitarian Jonathan Guishard, the gesture merely underscored an old message.
Initially reluctant to speak to The Royal Gazette, Mr Guishard acknowledged that he’...
DATE: Jul 15, 2014
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Governor George Fergusson’s say is not required for the Island’s legislators to launch an inquiry into “well-established historic wrongdoings” involving the loss of citizens’ property, the People’s Campaign activist group claimed this morning.
Mr Fer...
DATE: Jul 14, 2014
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The developers of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess stand to reap $11.2 million in tax breaks if they invest some $40.1 million in improvements to the iconic Hamilton hotel.
Unveiling the second such concession order granted in the last year, Minister ...
DATE: Jul 12, 2014
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A drug mule caught trying to smuggle ingested pellets of cocaine and cannabis through the airport has been jailed for 27 months.
“You took a gamble — and you lost,” magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo told Marketa Raynor, 31, before passing sentence.
An emoti...
DATE: Jul 11, 2014
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The Opposition aren’t “playing politics” with the delicate issue of permanent residents obtaining Bermuda status, according to Shadow Immigration Minister Walton Brown.
Mr Brown spoke to The Royal Gazette ahead of today’s town hall meeting, the third...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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Bishop Vinton Anderson of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a Bermudian minister who rose to global prominence in 1991 as president of the World Council of Churches, has died at the age of 86.
Bishop Anderson died yesterday at his home in St Lo...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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A doctor has brought the Bermuda Hospitals Board to court on charges of wrongful dismissal, claiming BHB authorities defamed him by saying patients’ safety was at risk.
Charles Curtis-Thomas was fired after just three weeks on the job as a hospitali...
DATE: Jul 09, 2014
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Government MPs were under no orders to vote along party lines during Friday’s session of Parliament which saw a One Bermuda Alliance MP controversially break with her colleagues and vote with the Opposition.
OBA whip Cole Simons confirmed yesterday t...
DATE: Jul 07, 2014
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