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A wealthy casino executive who allegedly flew into a remote Canadian territory with his wife and posed as a local motel worker to get the Covid-19 vaccine is a director of a company in Bermuda.
Rodney Baker and his wife Ekaterina made global headline...
DATE: Feb 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Two of Britain’s top barristers will battle it out in front of the Privy Council in London from tomorrow over whether same-sex marriage should be banned in Bermuda.
The Government has hired Jonathan Crow QC – said by the Legal 500 ranking agency to b...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ewart Brown, the former Premier of Bermuda, was charged with 13 counts of corruption in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Cindy Clarke, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said the 13 charges included five related to agreements with the Lahey Clinic, t...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ombudsman has revealed her office has received “increasingly complex complaints” about government maladministration over her time in charge.
Victoria Pearman, who earns almost $185,000 a year, was made Ombudsman for a five-year term in 2014 and w...
DATE: Jan 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A defence lawyer failed to appear at a trial due to start yesterday because his practising certificate was not renewed in time.
Charles Richardson should have represented a 35-year-old man accused of attempted sexual assault at a trial in Magistrat...
DATE: Jan 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Cindy Clarke was yesterday appointed Director of Public Prosecutions after she was earlier passed over for the post.
John Rankin, the Governor, announced the appointment and said it would take effect from Friday.
Mr Rankin said Ms Clarke brought a “w...
DATE: Dec 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A father accused of “disgraceful” and “selfish” conduct by a judge has won the right to appeal her ruling that he must pay his ex-wife more than a decade’s worth of child support expenses.
The businessman asked for the court to rule he did not have t...
DATE: Oct 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The chief sales and marketing officer at the Bermuda Tourism Authority is to leave for a new job in the United States, it was reported today.
Victoria Isley, who earned between $310,000 and $320,00 at the BTA, has been hired as president and chief ex...
DATE: Oct 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A judge launched a blistering attack on Government’s refusal to pay a social worker appointed to look out for the best interests of children in care, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Puisne Judge Nicole Stoneham told a hearing: “The welfare of children...
DATE: Oct 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A code of conduct for MPs will be tabled soon after the new parliamentary session starts in November, the last Speaker of the House has promised.
Dennis Lister, who became Speaker after the Progressive Labour Party’s election win in 2017, said the do...
DATE: Oct 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways