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The Government’s attempt to become a top financial technology centre could be threatened by its attitude to foreign workers and “closed-minded” view of gay marriage, an Opposition senator warned yesterday.
Andrew Simons told the Upper Chamber during ...
DATE: Mar 15, 2018
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Sam Strangeways
The Chief Justice has revealed why he barred the media and public from a court hearing involving an attempt by the island’s gaming commission to silence its former executive director.
The chambers session on March 7 in the matter of Bermuda Casino Ga...
DATE: Mar 14, 2018
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Sam Strangeways
A senior citizen who contested two wills drawn up for her father when she believes he was suffering from dementia now faces losing everything she owns to pay for the legal battle.
Retired government worker Elaine Charles, 70, told The Royal Gazette s...
DATE: Mar 09, 2018
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The construction firm that built the failed Sandys 360 sports centre is still owed more than $1 million almost nine years after work was completed.
BCM McAlpine was never paid in full after being hired for the $10 million job and its smaller subcontr...
DATE: Mar 02, 2018
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Sam Strangeways
Taxpayers have forked out at least $5.3 million on the failed Sandys 360 facility, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The now-shuttered sports centre, which the Government plans to buy for $1 million and renovate for an as-yet-unknown sum, was funded with...
DATE: Feb 28, 2018
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Sam Strangeways
A date has been set for a Supreme Court challenge against a new law designed to replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley will hear the civil case brought by gay Bermudian Rod Ferguson, 38, against Attorney-Gener...
DATE: Feb 28, 2018
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Sam Strangeways
A controversial multimillion-dollar healthcare contract axed by former premier Paula Cox is back in the spotlight in the Government’s lawsuit against the Lahey Clinic.
Lawyers involved in the civil case are examining the deal that Kurron Shares of Am...
DATE: Feb 23, 2018
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Sam Strangeways
Kurron Shares of America first made headlines in Bermuda in March 2003 when it was hired to conduct a study of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and what was St Brendan’s Hospital, now the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute.
Nelson Bascome, then health ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2018
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Sam Strangeways
Overseas options are being explored to potentially handle Bermuda’s casino transactions, the new head of the gaming commission has revealed.
Cheryl-Ann Mapp told The Royal Gazette that the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission is seeking advice from its c...
DATE: Feb 21, 2018
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Sam Strangeways
A gay Bermudian who hopes to marry one day in his home country has launched a legal challenge against the Attorney-General for revoking his right to do so and subjecting him to “inhuman or degrading treatment”.
Lawyers for Rod Ferguson, a single man ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2018
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Sam Strangeways