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The Bermuda Tourism Authority will try to fill its vacant top position internally rather than conduct another global search for a new chief executive, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The publicly funded quango announced in June that Charles Jeffers III...
DATE: Sep 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A police constable was fired yesterday for “gross misconduct” after failing to admit witnessing a serious crime, according to Darrin Simons, the Commissioner of Police.
The terminated officer was not identified in a statement released by police.
The...
DATE: Aug 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A commission into land grabs appointed by the Premier “acted unfairly and unlawfully on a number of fronts” and its findings should be overturned, a court heard.
LeYoni Junos told the Supreme Court that she was challenging the report of the Commissio...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A new video has been released highlighting how the Information Commissioner’s Office upholds the rights of those who request records under public access to information legislation.
Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez said: “When Bermudians a...
DATE: Jun 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Information about company directors in Bermuda is no longer available for free since the launch of a new online registry system.
The Government now charges users a $12 fee each time they want to find out the directors of a company.
The information p...
DATE: Apr 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An exempted Bermuda company linked to a Texan billionaire accused of a massive tax fraud has been named in a federal bankruptcy court in the United States.
Joint liquidators of Point Investments Ltd have applied to the court in Delaware to have it re...
DATE: Apr 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ten mega yachts registered in Bermuda are “widely known” to be associated with high-profile Russian oligarchs
DATE: Mar 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The value of Russian assets held in Bermuda is unknown, the British Government has said.
But a parliamentary briefing paper issued last week quoted a 2018 report from Global Witness which claimed Bermuda-based companies had received $7.1 billion in d...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A former sergeant major who raised thousands of dollars for charity with an annual 24-hour walkathon is suing former Opposition deputy leader Leah Scott for defamation.
Marilyn Steede alleges in the civil suit filed in the Supreme Court that Ms Scott...
DATE: Jan 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An American who claims an island off Southampton may have been misappropriated from her family a century ago is calling on others with evidence of “land grabs” to join forces for a class-action lawsuit.
Helen Muise said affected families should consi...
DATE: Dec 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways