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A failed sports centre could still be a success if more public money was spent on it, a former MP who led the project in its early years said yesterday.
Walter Lister told The Royal Gazette the financial collapse of the Sandys 360 sports centre and p...
DATE: Mar 23, 2018
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More than half a million dollars was spent on salaries for permanent and contract staff at the failed sports centre Sandys 360 in its final year of operation, the organisation’s unaudited financial statement has revealed.
The centre paid $404,928 in ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2018
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The Chief Justice has revealed why he barred the media and public from a court hearing involving an attempt by the island’s gaming commission to silence its former executive director.
The chambers session on March 7 in the matter of Bermuda Casino Ga...
DATE: Mar 14, 2018
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Taxpayers have forked out at least $5.3 million on the failed Sandys 360 facility, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The now-shuttered sports centre, which the Government plans to buy for $1 million and renovate for an as-yet-unknown sum, was funded with...
DATE: Feb 28, 2018
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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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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 is continuing to pursue its lawsuit against the Lahey Clinic, according to a court submission filed by its lawyers this week.
The claim, for unspecified damages, alleges “corrupt enterprises” between the Massachusetts-based teaching ho...
DATE: Jan 25, 2018
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A gay rights organisation in the United States is urging Bermuda’s Governor to reject legislation which will replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships.
The Human Rights Campaign, which calls itself America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
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Legislation to enable the creation of a central land title registry and make it easier to access information on property ownership was passed in the Senate today.
Government senator Jason Hayward said of the Land Title Registration Amendment Act 2017...
DATE: Dec 13, 2017
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Restaurant-goers in Bermuda can now check hygiene and food safety standards at their favourite eating-out spots after health watchdogs decided to go public with results of health inspections at food service outlets.
The “grades on licences” scheme wa...
DATE: Nov 30, 2017
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