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The latest open meeting of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will take place on Monday.
The cross-party committee chaired by Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards will meet at 2.30pm at the Senate Chamber in the Cabinet Building on Fro...
DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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Lawyer Charles Richardson has launched a constitutional challenge after being accused of libelling a policeman on Facebook.
The 39-year-old claims the charge he faces of criminal defamation breaches his constitutional right to freedom of expression.
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DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A Queenslander who lived in Bermuda for almost a decade is appealing to people here to help flood victims in her devastated home state.
Rosemary Featherstone told The Royal Gazette she was lucky her home was not hit by the deadly waters which have su...
DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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Environment
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Sam Strangeways
Unionised Belco workers have rejected a wage freeze proposed by the company to help cut its costs in 2011.
Electricity Supply Trade Union (ESTU) representatives met with management on Monday and turned it down, after members voted against it at a mee...
DATE: Jan 14, 2011
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The Department of Public Transportation and union officials were last night at loggerheads over a new bus rota with each side accusing the other of issuing “misinformation”.
As reported in The Royal Gazette yesterday, the schedule was due to come int...
DATE: Jan 14, 2011
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Defence lawyer Charles Richardson's trial for defamation has been delayed — so the Supreme Court can decide if the offence he has been charged with is unconstitutional.
Mr Richardson, 39, was accused in court last week of unlawfully publishing defama...
DATE: Jan 13, 2011
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The “undesirable build-up” of uncollected trash across the Island should be cleared by Saturday, Government insisted last night.
The Ministry of Public Works issued a statement explaining that high volumes of waste after Christmas, a lack of working ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2011
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Shadow Tourism Minister Cole Simons is urging Government to develop a “vision and plan” for Bermuda’s public beaches.
The UBP MP said in a statement yesterday: “These national treasures have become embroiled in controversy in recent years because the...
DATE: Jan 13, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
A new $2.6 million X-ray scanning system for Hamilton docks will be in operation by March, the Collector of Customs said.
Winniefred Fostine-DeSilva told a press conference that the building housing the X-ray equipment was already “up and running” an...
DATE: Jan 13, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Lawyer Charles Richardson has used his Facebook page to claim elements within Bermuda Police Service have “declared war” on him.
The 39-year-old was charged in Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning with publishing defamatory material about Detective I...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
