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Accountancy firm KPMG was asked to investigate concerns about inappropriate use of purchase orders and tendering and approval procedures at the Corporation of Hamilton.
A progress report from the auditors on May 30 this year reveals that the Corporat...
DATE: Aug 06, 2008
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Former Corporation of Hamilton Secretary Kelly Miller threatened the municipality with legal action and accused the Mayor of "unprecedented interference" in a blistering ten-page letter to all members.
Ms Miller, who left her job last month, claimed ...
DATE: Aug 06, 2008
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Warwick Academy is celebrating its International Baccalaureate results — with its top two students both heading to university in the UK.
Nineteen students out of 25 who took the full IB diploma passed this year, giving the private school a pass rate ...
DATE: Aug 06, 2008
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Meddling members of the Corporation of Hamilton have forced out senior staff and caused a rift at the municipality, according to the former chief engineer.
Ian Hind told The Royal Gazette that City Hall was "the most awful environment to work in" bec...
DATE: Aug 06, 2008
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Everywhere you looked yesterday at Mangrove Bay you could see a pair of fluffy Playboy bunny ears.
Premier Ewart Brown's recent excursions to Hugh Hefner's LA mansion were the number one source for satire at this year's Non-Mariners' Race, with GP1 a...
DATE: Aug 04, 2008
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His plumed hat and crisp white Bermuda shorts were the first things to greet visitors to the Castle Harbour Hotel for 20 years — and anyone who ever got a ride in his cab is unlikely to have forgotten him.
Award-winning taxi driver and doorman Victor...
DATE: Aug 04, 2008
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A honeymooning bride died after getting into difficulty while swimming at Snorkel Park on Thursday — less than a week after her wedding.
Cruise ship visitor Ting Chen, 28, was with husband Ron at the Dockyard beach when she collapsed just before 4.30...
DATE: Aug 02, 2008
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Chamber of Commerce executive vice president Diane Gordon has pledged to consider running again for election onto the Corporation of Hamilton after losing out on a seat in Monday's by-election.
Ms Gordon came fifth out of the six candidates contestin...
DATE: Jul 23, 2008
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Three new councillors were elected onto the Corporation of Hamilton last night on what one of the losing candidates declared a "mandate of change".
Glen Smith, Charles Gosling and Anne Kast polled the most votes out of the six candidates standing in ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2008
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Police have pinpointed the area where an American tourist was slashed with an axe last week and are urging anyone in the vicinity at the time to come forward.
Detectives now believe the 46-year-old Massachusetts man was mugged by four men on Friswell...
DATE: Jul 22, 2008
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