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The Commissioner of Police is set to appear as a defendant at Magistrates’ Court next week after a serving officer brought a private prosecution against him.
Sergeant Mark Monk has accused Darrin Simons of refusing to perform his duty as a public off...
DATE: Mar 07, 2023
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Physically disabled residents of Summerhaven claim that they are being put at risk because of a broken telephone and alarm system which leaves them unable to call for help.
Sources spoke to The Royal Gazette over fears of residents being left unatten...
DATE: Aug 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A man who shared information with the commission into land losses was told that records on his case would be sealed for 50 years
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A researcher claims in court papers she was subjected to “retaliatory action” by the Government after she blew the whistle on alleged cover-ups and bad practices at the Commission of Inquiry into Historical Land Losses.
A judge is expected to hold an...
DATE: Jul 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Government has secretly settled a lawsuit brought against it by a company it allowed to collect taxes on its behalf without a licence.
Oarrs Inc filed the civil writ against the Office of the Tax Commissioner in July last year, alleging it was ow...
DATE: Jul 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
An Opposition MP is calling for an urgent overhaul to address the lack of a “safety net” for struggling young adults with traumatic family backgrounds.
Susan Jackson welcomed the Government’s plan to launch an independent transitional living programm...
DATE: Jul 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Government has still not served court papers on an American music promoter in connection with the disappearance of an $800,000 taxpayer-funded loan.
The cash was lent in April 2018 to Anthony Blakey and his Bermudian employee Danilee Trott, who o...
DATE: Jun 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Government has denied it withheld encrypted e-mails from the public about a taxpayer-funded payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars to protesters who shut down Parliament.
But it did not release the messages yesterday nor did it give any...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
E-mails sent by a senior civil servant about a taxpayer-funded payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars to protesters who shut down Parliament were withheld from the public because they were encrypted.
The messages should have been reviewed an...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
An 87-year-old man suffering from agonising knee pain has been told he will have to wait more than a year to get replacement surgery on the island
DATE: Jun 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor