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The Government has launched an inquiry into how a private company which did not have a debt collection licence was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to recoup unpaid land tax.
A government spokeswoman said last night that the Department of Consu...
DATE: Apr 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A family unable to visit a loved one in hospital because of Covid-19 restrictions has appealed for visiting rights for relatives who have the full vaccine.
A woman with a relative in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital said her family was distresse...
DATE: Apr 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
“Valid questions” and “understandable concerns” may account for why half the nurses and more than a quarter of the doctors employed by Bermuda Hospitals Board have yet to be vaccinated against Covid-19, according to hospital chiefs.
Dr Wesley Miller...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Several vaccinated seniors at a residential home tested positive for Covid-19 and then retested as negative, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The elderly residents had no symptoms and were isolated from others until the results of the retests were know...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The construction company hired to lead the failed Caroline Bay luxury hotel project has been accused of transferring funds meant for local subcontractors out of Bermuda, in breach of an agreement.
A written complaint was made to the Bermuda Police S...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Government has hired a company which appears not to have a debt collection licence to manage the recovery of millions of dollars of unpaid land tax.
OARRS Inc Limited will be paid 15 per cent of “all land tax arrears recovered” according to a no...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
David Burt has joined campaigners in welcoming a plan to correct a legal anomaly which has prevented hundreds of people from obtaining British citizenship, even though they were born to a parent from a British Overseas Territory.
The change in the la...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A lawyer accused of murdering a young woman appeared in Supreme Court on Thursday.
Kamal Worrell, from Warwick, was not required to enter a plea at the April arraignments hearing to a charge of murdering Chavelle Dillon-Burgess on an unknown date bet...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Ewart Brown appeared in Supreme Court via video link today – but he was not required to enter pleas on 13 charges of official corruption.
The former premier appeared on a large screen at the monthly arraignments session, after first being charged wit...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A sex assault case which has taken almost three years and 22 court hearings to come to trial was adjourned again this week, despite a magistrate’s insistence that it could be delayed no longer.
The complainant told The Royal Gazette that each delay w...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor