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Islanders are invited to join together to sing “Happy Birthday” to global peace icon Nelson Mandela tomorrow.
Imagine Bermuda, along with the African Diaspora Heritage Trail committee, CURB and Chewstick, will hold a lunchtime concert to celebrate Ma...
DATE: Jul 16, 2013
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Bermuda Hospitals Board has rejected an overseas consultant’s claim that he is owed $70,000 after being “frozen out” of a medical tourism initiative on the Island.
David Green, of IHI Consulting International in Ontario, claims he came up with an ide...
DATE: Jul 10, 2013
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Green campaigners have warned they may take Government to court to force it to carry out an assessment of the environmental impact of developing the Rosewood Tucker’s Point resort.
Stuart Hayward, of Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce...
DATE: Jul 10, 2013
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Ombudsman Arlene Brock handled 109 complaints in 2012, a fifth of which were about the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Her annual report for 2012 lists by government department how many complaints she dealt with, showing there were 23 about Home Affairs, i...
DATE: Jul 09, 2013
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Lawyer Jeffrey Elkinson is the new chairman of the Police Complaints Authority.
Governor George Fergusson announced the news yesterday at Government House, where he said the authority’s previously large backlog of unresolved complaints was now “negli...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Former Premier Dame Pamela Gordon Banks and her husband have criticised the Land Valuation Department for waging a costly four-and-a-half year legal battle against them, instigated by a senior civil servant who overvalued their house.
The Court of Ap...
DATE: Jul 03, 2013
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A Government crackdown on employees using public vehicles for private use resulted in an unofficial walkout by staff at the Government quarry yesterday.
According to a source at the Bailey’s Bay site, more than 100 workers began the industrial action...
DATE: Jun 13, 2013
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He is used to being recognised in Bermuda but former Premier David Saul recently got a brief taste of fame in New York.
A huge image of the 73-year-old businessman lit up a building in Times Square on May 23, when Dr Saul and colleagues from his mari...
DATE: Jun 11, 2013
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The new chairman of the Human Rights Commission says the impact of having independent commissioners will be “huge” for Bermuda and should eliminate the “constant fear” of bias felt by those complaining about discrimination.
Michael Hanson, who was a...
DATE: May 30, 2013
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The outgoing commander of the Bermuda Regiment has called on Government to move forward with changes to the law to both modernise the part-time army and allow soldiers to carry out maritime patrols.
Lieutenant Colonel Brian Gonsalves, who steps down ...
DATE: May 23, 2013
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