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Bermuda’s Court of Appeal is being urged to follow the UK’s lead by recording its hearings and making transcripts available to the public.
A senior press officer for the Judicial Office in London told The Royal Gazette the Court of Appeal there follo...
DATE: Jul 04, 2012
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
Bermuda National Trust is calling for a derelict but “extraordinary” old building at Morgan's Point to be saved before a $2 billion tourism resort is built on the peninsula.
Jennifer Gray, the charity's executive director, described Sound View as the...
DATE: Jul 03, 2012
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Other
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Sam Strangeways
Conan Harris nods vigorously when asked if he can give any examples of StreetSafe Boston success stories.
“There’s a bunch of them,” says Mr Harris, of the young gangsters he has seen turn their life around thanks to the scheme.
Mr Harris, StreetSafe...
DATE: Jun 29, 2012
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Britain will pledge not to let the corruption which enveloped Turks and Caicos occur in any of its other Overseas Territories, in a Foreign Office white paper.
A draft version of the document, seen by The Royal Gazette, says the UK is “committed to t...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Friends of gun murder victim Jason Smith are holding two fundraisers in his memory.
The first is a seven-a-side football tournament on Saturday between 12pm and 5pm on Saltus School Field, when 16 teams will take part. Admission is $1.
The following ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Environmentalist Stuart Hayward has proposed that Southlands be given to a charity to protect it from future development.
The pristine 37-acre estate in Warwick became public property on Monday, after Government signed a deal exchanging it with three...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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Other
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Sam Strangeways
Morgan’s Point developer Craig Christensen wants to attract younger tourists to Bermuda by building a luxury resort “beyond our wildest dreams”.
He told The Royal Gazette he believed the former base land on the Southampton and Sandys border could be ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2012
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Other
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Sam Strangeways
Government has begun cleaning up polluted Morgan’s Point, to the relief of the developers planning to build a $2 billion tourist development there.
Craig Christensen, one of three Bermudian directors of Morgan’s Point Ltd, said the work, which began ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
New Morgan’s Point co-owner Craig Christensen says Government should introduce a streamlined process for handling hotel developers, after he and his partners faced lengthy delays exchanging Southlands for the former base land.
Mr Christensen, in a re...
DATE: Jun 26, 2012
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Sam Strangeways
Government has finally signed over the former base land at Morgan’s Point to three developers who plan to build a $2 billion luxury resort there.
The deal, which has been in the pipeline since 2007, was completed at a ceremony at Cabinet yesterday an...
DATE: Jun 26, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways