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A British QC has been hired by Government to contest a tribunal's decision on the value of a “high-end” property belonging to former Premier Dame Pamela Gordon and her husband.
Jonathan Small, accompanied by barrister Nathaniel Duckworth, appeared at...
DATE: Mar 29, 2012
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Local models taking part in a summer fashion show at City Hall will have the chance to strut their stuff in front of representatives from an international model agency.
Roman Young and Paul Nelson, directors at Wilhelmina International Inc, will atte...
DATE: Mar 19, 2012
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Investors who put money into a Costa Rica property scheme launched by husband and wife David and Antoinette Bolden are unlikely to see any return on their cash, according to the Official Receiver.
KPMG, acting as agent for the Official Receiver, is i...
DATE: Mar 19, 2012
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Hundreds of people gathered at Bermuda Athletic Association yesterday to loudly cheer on a succession of brave souls having their heads shaved for charity.
Forty three volunteers were due to have their locks lopped off in support of the St Baldrick's...
DATE: Mar 17, 2012
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Premier Paula Cox’s good governance law does not give the Auditor General sufficient powers to “follow the money” and investigate corruption, a public forum heard.
Lawyer Kevin Comeau told the Centre for Justice meeting that the Good Governance Act 2...
DATE: Mar 16, 2012
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Bermuda is on the cusp of a “revolutionary” law coming into force and citizens should seize the opportunity to use it, according to a freedom of information activist.
Heather Brooke, the freelance journalist whose requests for information exposed the...
DATE: Mar 16, 2012
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Bermuda’s citizens will have the right to know by the end of this year and if anyone is able to help them understand why that matters, it is surely Heather Brooke.
The UK-based activist and journalist has spent the last seven years requesting informa...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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Bermuda Archives director Karla Hayward is still on the public payroll after more than five months on administrative leave.
But Government Estates Minister Michael Scott and his permanent secretary Robert Horton are refusing to say whether she remain...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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Bermuda will play a critical role in helping NASA go further in space with a new tracking station at Cooper’s Island.
The US space agency has set up a temporary mobile unit at the nature reserve in St David’s which will monitor rockets as they travel...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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Freedom of information campaigner Heather Brooke will be one of the guest speakers at a forum on the public’s right to know later this month.
The Centre for Justice is hosting the session at the Centennial Hall at St Paul AME Church on Court Street i...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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