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The fifth anniversary of the December 2, 2016 parliamentary protest falls a week today – and The Royal Gazette will mark the occasion with in-depth coverage of the infamous event.
That flashpoint in Bermuda’s history, when demonstrators blocked MPs f...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Health officials admitted that “some people” under 50 had “slipped through the cracks” and managed to get a Covid-19 vaccine booster despite not being eligible yet.
But the Ministry of Health could not give a number or explain why immunised people ag...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Legislation which will enable hundreds of people born to a parent from a British Overseas Territory to obtain British citizenship is being scrutinised by MPs in the UK Parliament.
The Nationality and Borders Bill, tabled in July in the House of Commo...
DATE: Oct 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Crown is to challenge a ruling by the Chief Justice that a policewoman who posted a “grossly offensive” online cartoon cannot be prosecuted.
A notice of appeal in the civil case of Pc Barbi Bishop v the Queen was filed by lawyers for the Attorne...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Governor has stonewalled questions about the abrupt resignation of the Commissioner of Police.
Rena Lalgie announced last Friday that Stephen Corbishley, a British officer who joined Bermuda Police Service on a five-year contract in August 2018, ...
DATE: Oct 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Human Rights Commission has been told to reconsider a decision to withhold records under public access to information laws.
Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez ordered the independent body to issue a new decision by November 3 to The Roy...
DATE: Sep 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A government body set up to compensate victims of crime has said it will “soon” comply with a public access to information order issued almost two years ago.
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board was told by Information Commissioner Gitanjali Guti...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez has urged public authorities to “familiarise themselves” with the Public Access to Information Act and consult a code of practice when dealing with requests for records.
The commissioner issued the reminde...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A policewoman who posted an online cartoon before last year’s Black Lives Matter march will not face a criminal prosecution, the Chief Justice ruled yesterday.
Mr Justice Narinder Hargun said the All Lives Splatter meme posted on Facebook and Instagr...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
“Scandalous” material should be removed from a statement sworn by a policeman who is suing the Commissioner of Police and the senior magistrate, a court heard this week.
Sergeant Mark Monk and his wife Tricia have asked for a judicial review of a dec...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor