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A second inquiry has been launched into the island’s child protection agency in less than three months.
The Government revealed yesterday that the Department of Internal Audit was conducting a review into the Department of Child and Family Services....
DATE: Nov 07, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Vulnerable children involved in court proceedings will have no legal representation because of the Government’s refusal to pay for the services, it was alleged yesterday.
Tiffanne Thomas, a freelance social worker, said she was withdrawing as a litig...
DATE: Nov 05, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A top Crown counsel is being sued for an alleged failure to pay back more than half a million dollars to a “self-help” club set up by a group of friends in North Hamilton.
Club 10 Foundation Ltd claimed that Myron Simmons, a senior lawyer in the Atto...
DATE: Nov 01, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A former Miss Teen Bermuda who became an international award-winning midwife has spearheaded an attempt to make sure women in war-torn Syria get proper maternity care.
Pandora Hardtman set up a programme to promote safe births in the devastated Middl...
DATE: Oct 26, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A doctor from one of the world’s leading universities has discovered a gene mutation in a Bermudian mother and daughter that could help to find a cure for a potential killer disease.
The two women both suffer from lupus, which attacks the immune syst...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The owners of a dairy farm accused by neighbours of causing a stink have rejected a potential buyer after news of the sale was made public before it was finalised.
Lidia and Valter Medeiros knocked back the offer and accused the “suitor” interested i...
DATE: Oct 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Former health minister Jeanne Atherden has accused David Burt and Kim Wilson of lying to justify to taxpayers a $1.2 million public purse payout to Ewart Brown.
The Opposition backbencher told The Royal Gazette that Mr Burt, the Premier and Minister ...
DATE: Oct 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A landscaping worker lost part of his thumb after an accident with a portable generator in Hamilton.
The 22-year-old, an employee of Horsfield Landscape & Design, was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after the incident at the junction of Ha...
DATE: Oct 18, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A key player in Bermuda’s Jetgate scandal has hit the headlines in New Jersey after he landed a top job with the state governor.
Derrick Green, an adviser to the One Bermuda Alliance during the 2012 General Election campaign, is being paid $140,000 a...
DATE: Oct 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Victims of crime who seek criminal injuries compensation may have to wait years for their claims to be processed, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The lawyer for a man shot four years ago said she was told by the Supreme Court last week that the Crimina...
DATE: Oct 15, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways