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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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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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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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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
The Government of Bermuda is standing by claims that Ewart Brown conducted excessive and medically unnecessary scans on patients and paid “kickbacks” to scores of doctors on the island.
Lawyers representing the Progressive Labour Party government des...
DATE: Feb 14, 2018
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The Government of Bermuda is standing by claims that Ewart Brown conducted excessive and medically unnecessary scans on patients and paid “kickbacks” to scores of doctors on the island.
Lawyers representing the Progressive Labour Party government des...
DATE: Feb 14, 2018
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Former world boxing champion Teresa Perozzi called on police yesterday to drop an investigation into a birth companion who helped her to have a baby at home without medics present.
Sophia Cannonier, a non-medical birth supporter known as a doula, was...
DATE: Feb 09, 2018
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority has been ordered to release more information about the salaries of its top-earning executives.
The quango has until February 22 to disclose staff salary bands in increments of no more than $10,000, as well as the names o...
DATE: Feb 02, 2018
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Tourism
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Sam Strangeways
A reason given by tourism minister Jamahl Simmons for why he had to take control of the island’s independent gaming commission has come in for renewed criticism in the wake of a public access to information disclosure.
Mr Simmons told Parliament that...
DATE: Feb 02, 2018
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
The attempt by Bermuda to ban same-sex marriage will damage Britain’s international reputation if it is allowed to go ahead, a politician warned yesterday.
Chris Bryant, who will lead a debate on the controversy in the House of Commons on Monday, tol...
DATE: Jan 25, 2018
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Sam Strangeways