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A seven-month e-mail trail details the controversy that led to the Bermuda Government’s decision to offer compensation to medical services that were affected hit by a significant cut in fees for high-tech scans.
“It would appear that the [health] co...
DATE: Aug 31, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The full details of a $600,000 payout to former premier Ewart Brown from the public purse late last year will remain under wraps.
The Ministry of Health refused a public access to information request from The Royal Gazette to release the financial ag...
DATE: Aug 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Painful injuries, children playing unattended outside, contaminated drinking water and childminders looking after too many youngsters.
These were some of the red flags raised by members of the public and environmental health officers over Bermuda’s n...
DATE: Aug 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Health and safety reports for all of the island’s registered childcare providers have been released, but the names of the businesses have been removed from the records.
The Department of Health admitted to The Royal Gazette that the identification of...
DATE: Aug 24, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A complaint by a government lawyer against other members of the profession was thrown out of court, one of the barristers involved has said.
Senior Crown counsel Norman MacDonald claimed in a judicial review application that the Bermuda Bar Associati...
DATE: Aug 08, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Government is staying silent on its practical and financial plans to provide vulnerable children involved in court proceedings with legal representation, despite a judge’s recent criticism that not doing so breaches their rights.
Puisne Judge Ste...
DATE: Jul 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A lawyer who led an inquiry into the police’s use of pepper spray on protesters represented the Bermuda Police Service before the findings of the investigation were released.
Jeffrey Elkinson, the Police Complaints Authority chairman, appeared in Sup...
DATE: Jul 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A barrister who heads up the Police Complaints Authority, as well as a committee that investigates the conduct of lawyers, should resign from both roles because of a conflict of interest, a pressure group has said.
The Civil Justice Advocacy Group, w...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The island’s general hospital logged 430 incidents that resulted in harm to patients over less than five years, Bermuda Hospitals Board statistics have revealed.
Of those, 28 fell into the three most serious categories of harm — 14 patients died unex...
DATE: Jul 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 66-year-old cyclist who was seriously injured when his pedal bike collided with a motorcycle has died.
Police confirmed the death of the Devonshire man this afternoon.
The crash happened at about 11.50pm on Saturday on Middle Road in Devonshire, ne...
DATE: Jun 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways