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A former CedarBridge Academy teacher suing the Ministry of Education and the school’s board of governors over her mould-related ill health has lost part of her case.
Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley struck out a claim by Wendy Robinson that the Ministry fail...
DATE: Apr 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The use of credit cards by Cabinet Ministers on overseas business trips is strictly controlled, the Premier's spokeswoman has insisted.
And press secretary Beverle Lottimore told The Royal Gazette any amount not spent from an additional $150 daily ca...
DATE: Apr 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Police took more than three years to investigate the suspected abuse of a vulnerable elderly woman and, in the meantime, the alleged victim died.
A senior prosecutor revealed yesterday she was first handed a file about “Miss C” and the two men who al...
DATE: Apr 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Not one person has been convicted under a law passed three years ago to protect Bermuda's seniors from abuse, The Royal Gazette can reveal. And the only case to make it to court under the Senior Abuse Register Act 2008 was thrown out by a magistrate ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ten mobile homes bought by Government for half a million dollars six years ago have been sold off or demolished as they are no longer fit to be lived in.
The pre-fabricated units were bought for about $50,000 each in 2005 to house low-income families...
DATE: Apr 14, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Cabinet Ministers who go overseas on official business get a $150 daily allowance, as well as the use of a credit card.
But figures for how much they spent during trips abroad in the last fiscal year are not readily available, according to the Minist...
DATE: Apr 14, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Alleged elder abuse victim “Auntie Em” has passed away peacefully at the age of 98.
Wilhelmina Liburd died on Sunday at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s Continuing Care Unit (CCU), according to her nephew Stephen Woodley.
Mrs Liburd was born in 19...
DATE: Apr 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition Senator Michael Dunkley has asked Government to reveal the outcome of an investigation launched 18 months ago by the Human Rights Commission into sexual misconduct allegations at the Bermuda Regiment.
The Shadow National Security Minister ...
DATE: Apr 13, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition politician John Barritt is calling for backbench MPs to play a “much more meaningful and important role” and possibly get a pay rise for doing so.
The Shadow Public Administration Reform Minister claims backbenchers such as him, who earn $...
DATE: Apr 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The independent Police Complaints Authority has a new chairman.
Anthony Whaley, a director in the corporate department of law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman, was appointed by the Governor for a three-year term.
He takes over from lawyer Michelle St Jane...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
