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A batch of Covid-19 vaccines was left to defrost for longer than recommended before being given to 41 people earlier this month.
Chief Medical Officer Ayoola Oyinloye sent a letter yesterday to those who received the shot at Bermuda College on the ev...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Cabinet Office has refused to release records about a loan of $800,000 to an exempt entertainment company because of a police investigation.
Marc Telemaque, the Cabinet Secretary, wrote to The Royal Gazette yesterday to say there would be no dis...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
More than 30 people have taken part in a secretive witness protection programme since it began ten years ago, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Cindy Clarke, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said there had been 33 participants and 18 “connected perso...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Governor has launched an inquiry into complaints made by a suspended police officer about the conduct of Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley.
Rena Lalgie wrote to Pc Robert Butterfield on March 8 to confirm that she was the appropriate auth...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
More than half a million dollars has been spent by the police service on consultants in the past 21 months.
A notice published in the Official Gazette yesterday revealed that two special investigators, two crimes of scene investigators and an intell...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The owners of the Fairmont Southampton expect to eventually make a trading profit of more than $32 million after the hotel is renovated, their agents have told potential investors.
Bermuda’s largest resort – which contains about a quarter of the isla...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Commissioner of Police has warned two serving officers that he will sue them unless they pay him compensation for causing “serious harm” to his reputation and “significant personal anxiety and distress” by allegedly making public a confidential c...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Timeline: 25 years of reforming public education
1996: Education Act passes and middle schools are introduced by the United Bermuda Party government.
December 1998: The Progressive Labour Party wins power.
May 2007: The Hopkins R...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Government is considering a request to provide a multimillion-dollar guarantee in support of the stalled redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton.
The request is the second after hotel owners Gencom last year failed to meet a number of condition...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A public-private partnership or a sell-off of old school buildings could be used to fund the Government’s plan to transform the public education system.
A consultation on the future of primary schools, with a deadline of Friday, highlighted “bold ch...
DATE: Mar 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor