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A new video has been released highlighting how the Information Commissioner’s Office upholds the rights of those who request records under public access to information legislation.
Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez said: “When Bermudians a...
DATE: Jun 15, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Information about company directors in Bermuda is no longer available for free since the launch of a new online registry system.
The Government now charges users a $12 fee each time they want to find out the directors of a company.
The information p...
DATE: Apr 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The value of Russian assets held in Bermuda is unknown, the British Government has said.
But a parliamentary briefing paper issued last week quoted a 2018 report from Global Witness which claimed Bermuda-based companies had received $7.1 billion in d...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A former sergeant major who raised thousands of dollars for charity with an annual 24-hour walkathon is suing former Opposition deputy leader Leah Scott for defamation.
Marilyn Steede alleges in the civil suit filed in the Supreme Court that Ms Scott...
DATE: Jan 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An American who claims an island off Southampton may have been misappropriated from her family a century ago is calling on others with evidence of “land grabs” to join forces for a class-action lawsuit.
Helen Muise said affected families should consi...
DATE: Dec 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Deborah Brown, mother of OBA MP Nandi Outerbridge: “I saw the protesters standing in the front lines shoving Nandi in the chest with their hands and arms … They were shoving her and preventing her from walking through the crowd and towards the ga...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A public authority involved in an inquiry into misconduct claims against the head of the island’s child protection agency has claimed it does not have a report on the investigation’s findings.
Gina Hurst-Maybury, the acting permanent secretary at the...
DATE: Sep 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A company awarded a multimillion-dollar government contract to claw back land tax arrears does not have a debt collection licence, The Royal Gazette has confirmed.
A new law, which came into force at the start of last year, ruled that anyone “pursui...
DATE: Apr 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A code of conduct for MPs will be tabled soon after the new parliamentary session starts in November, the last Speaker of the House has promised.
Dennis Lister, who became Speaker after the Progressive Labour Party’s election win in 2017, said the do...
DATE: Oct 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Five Progressive Labour Party senators will swap the Upper Chamber for the House of Assembly after they won their seats in the General Election.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, Vance Campbell, Anthony Richardson, Crystal Caesar and Ianthia ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways