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An uninsured senior who was treated by emergency room doctors for two bouts of dizziness has been sent a bill for almost $12,000 by the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Lloyd Williams, 77, and his wife, Mildred, 70, were stunned to receive two invoices total...
DATE: Jan 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A convicted sex offender will be deported from Bermuda back to his homeland of Jamaica on the Governor’s orders, a court heard yesterday.
Brittonie Taylor, 40, was granted a temporary reprieve in October after his lawyer Victoria Greening argued that...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Information Commissioner does not have the right to examine all records held by public authorities, a judge has declared.
Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams issued her ruling – the first in Bermuda to consider the extent of the Information Commis...
DATE: Jan 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A judge has ruled in favour of a lawyer who sued The Royal Gazette after it reported on the work he did in Bermuda for an American billionaire accused of tax evasion.
Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden ordered the newspaper not to publish anything containe...
DATE: Jan 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Governor has dropped an inquiry into allegations of gross misconduct against Stephen Corbishley, the former Commissioner of Police, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Rena Lalgie wrote to Pc Robert Butterfield, the police officer whose complaints abou...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Two litigants battling to get a case about the recent Commission of Inquiry heard in the Supreme Court claim the judiciary is in “crisis” because of the lack of an impartial judge to preside over it.
Raymond Davis and Myron Piper wrote an open letter...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The House of Assembly got guidance from the UK on how to handle a harassment complaint against former MP Rolfe Commissiong because it had no "codes or standards“ of its own, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
But the advice given and other records held by...
DATE: Jan 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Almost half of Bermuda’s police officers have been investigated for alleged wrongdoing in the past three years — but the majority of complaints were resolved or dismissed.
Detective Chief Inspector Arthur Glasford, the head of the service’s professio...
DATE: Dec 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
David Burt instructed a senior civil servant to ensure Ewart Brown was compensated for financial losses at his two clinics after the One Bermuda Alliance government slashed fees for medical scans.
The Premier sent the letter to the permanent secretar...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Government House has been ordered to release part of a record which raises “questions about the procedures” used by a committee which reviews complaints about judges.
Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez gave the Office of the Governor until ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor