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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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
MPs last night approved more than $160 million in government overspends since 2002.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards lambasted Government for taking so long to bring the supplementary estimates to the House of Assembly.
“Why is that we are in Mar...
DATE: Mar 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO was approved yesterday paving the way for an expansion project aimed at rescuing the resort from financial ruin.
Once more the order was surrounded by controversy as, for the fourth debate in less than a month, it prov...
DATE: Mar 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The House of Assembly heard yesterday that a fresh era in tourism was being ushered in as a bill allowing a “critically important” $2 billion resort to be built at Morgan’s Point was approved.
Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess promised that the developm...
DATE: Mar 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
