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Cabinet Office minister Walton Brown revealed yesterday that the Government has not found the money for a Commission of Inquiry into “land grabs” and property theft, nor has it asked Britain to pay for one.
Mr Brown, who first proposed an inquiry and...
DATE: Jan 18, 2019
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The rights of children in Bermuda will come under the spotlight at a major conference in Japan next week.
Tiffanne Thomas, an independent social worker, has been invited to speak on child protection and the influence of culture on a country’s protect...
DATE: Jan 16, 2019
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A pressure group has asked the Government to keep a promise to launch an investigation into Bermuda’s history of “land grabs” and property theft.
The Civil Justice Advocacy Group wants a firm timeline for when a commission will be set up and details ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2019
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The island’s gambling regulator has refused to release details about its finances and played its cards close to its chest on other documents in its possession.
The Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission stonewalled a request from The Royal Gazette to relea...
DATE: Jan 11, 2019
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The information commissioner has backed a decision by the Government to withhold legal advice related to the island’s multimillion-dollar airport redevelopment.
Gitanjali Gutierrez, in a decision made public on Monday, ruled the Ministry of Finance w...
DATE: Jan 10, 2019
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The chief executive of the Bermuda Hospitals Board has taken a three-month break on medical grounds.
Venetta Symonds has been off work since December 15 and is expected to return on March 18.
Michael Richmond, the board’s chief of staff, is acting CE...
DATE: Jan 09, 2019
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A top civil servant insisted that Ewart Brown was not being “politically targeted” by a reduction in fees for medical scans in an e-mail sent to a high-ranking colleague.
Jennifer Attride-Stirling, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, made ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2019
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Taxpayers’ money was poured into the failed Sandys 360 sports centre even after its management stopped payment of social insurance contributions and land tax, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Gitanjali Gutierrez, the information commissioner, scrutinise...
DATE: Jan 03, 2019
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Every death at the island’s general and psychiatric hospitals is to be scrutinised to check if it was avoidable or unexpected.
The new rules at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute were introduced in an attemp...
DATE: Dec 31, 2018
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The Bermuda Police Service have been ordered to look through their files for minutes of meetings held by the Bermuda Police Association after they failed to conduct an “adequate” search in the wake of a public access to information request.
The Pati ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2018
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