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Secret records of a rejected multimillion dollar casinos deal must be released by the Government in the public interest, according to the Information Commissioner.
Senior civil servants and the Bermudian company involved in the agreement argued again...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Ministry of Legal Affairs has been ordered to reveal whether a report on allegations of misconduct made against the head of the island's child protection agency existed.
Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner, insisted there was a publ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Two policemen accused of “causing disaffection” among their colleagues have been told they will not be charged with a criminal offence.
Officers raided the homes of Sergeant Mark Monk and Pc Robert Butterfield last December, seizing electronic equipm...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A policeman under criminal investigation for allegedly “causing disaffection” among his colleagues has filed a criminal complaint against six other officers, including the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Police.
Sergeant Mark Monk and his wif...
DATE: Jul 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
An unlicensed debt collection company recovered almost $13 million in unpaid land tax for the Government – and is likely to be paid $1.9 million in return.
Oarrs Inc collected the money after it was hired as a debt collection consultant by the Office...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
An Australian bitcoin executive facing criminal charges in the United States as part of a Department of Justice-led anti-money laundering inquiry was riding out the storm in Bermuda – until yesterday.
Nine months after he was accused of violating and...
DATE: Jul 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A 36-year-old man on trial for sexually assaulting a woman said yesterday the alleged attack never took place.
Crown counsel Javone Rogers told Magistrates’ Court that on May 6, 2018 the man yanked the woman’s pants down, pushed her onto a bed and to...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Government has stonewalled questions about why a senior social worker who admitted pushing a child in her care was allowed to remain at work while the incident was investigated – despite a policy that required her to be put on leave.
Kennette Rob...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
More than 80 people at long-term care homes have tested positive for the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic – including seven unvaccinated seniors who died.
Statistics released by the Ministry of Health revealed that 28 staff and 56 seniors ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A sacked police officer who lost a legal battle to get his job back is to appeal the decision.
Victoria Greening, the lawyer for Oswin Pereira, claimed his case was of “huge public interest” as it concerned whether decisions of the Public Service Com...
DATE: May 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor