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Ombudsman Arlene Brock has insisted she was entirely within her rights to launch an inquiry into special development orders (SDOs), despite Environment Minister Marc Bean describing her decision to do so as “peculiar”.
And she told The Royal Gazette ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition MP Louise Jackson has called on Bermuda Hospitals Board to make public a report by US experts on the state of the Continuing Care Unit at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
She said yesterday she welcomed the news that experts from Massach...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A review of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s $13,800-a-month Continuing Care Unit has been done by experts from Boston.
But Bermuda Hospitals Board say the completed report from clinical partners at Massachusetts General Hospital is not for public...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Green campaigners have welcomed a finding from the Ombudsman that Government “acted unlawfully” by not conducting a required assessment of the environmental impact of developing Tucker’s Point resort.
Arlene Brock tabled a report in Parliament yester...
DATE: Feb 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Fire engines were called to Morgan’s Point last night after a controlled burn of waste material wasn’t put out properly.
Divisional Officer Dana Lovell, from Bermuda Fire Service, said firefighters who had been dispatched to another call in the West ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 59-year-old Korean man who took ill on board a bulk carrier bound from Texas to Belfast is due to arrive in Bermuda this morning for medical treatment.
A Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre duty officer said the South Korean-registered, 24,500-ton O...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Goat farmers Gerry and Aletha Wilmot aren’t kidding when they say they have a lot of mouths to feed so they’ve come up with an ingenious device to do the job for them.
A wooden contraption specially made for them by a carpenter on the Island is allow...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition Senate leader Michael Dunkley yesterday renewed his call for an independent inquiry into historic allegations of sexual misconduct at the Bermuda Regiment.
The One Bermuda Alliance politician said The Royal Gazette’s revelation on Tuesday ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Regiment’s commanding officer and the Deputy Governor say they can’t comment on why Glenn Brangman was allowed to remain in the army for 13 years, when a string of sex abuse accusations were made against him.
As revealed by The Royal Gaze...
DATE: Feb 09, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A string of sexual misconduct allegations against Bermuda Regiment Major Glenn Brangman over a 13-year period was not reported to the Defence Board until after his retirement, according to the board’s current chairman.
Wendell Hollis told The Royal G...
DATE: Feb 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways