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Almost $75,000 was paid to a private law firm last year by the Ombudsman’s office to deal with a dispute with a fired senior employee.
The sum was revealed in a notice published by the Ombudsman in the Official Gazette, which listed total spending of...
DATE: Jan 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A father-of-three who spent nine days unconscious on life support after a major stroke woke up just in time to wish his wife a Merry Christmas, she revealed at the weekend.
Joel Boyd, a 36-year-old accountant, was airlifted off the island on December...
DATE: Jan 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
“Covid passports” could soon become a reality, the Government’s expert on the coronavirus has warned.
Carika Weldon, the head of the island’s coronavirus test programme, predicted at a Bermuda Tourism Authority webinar that a test and vaccination pas...
DATE: Jan 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Ombudsman has revealed her office has received “increasingly complex complaints” about government maladministration over her time in charge.
Victoria Pearman, who earns almost $185,000 a year, was made Ombudsman for a five-year term in 2014 and w...
DATE: Jan 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A baby goat born unable to walk properly has been given a new lease of life.
Now Bowie, a Nubian goat only weeks old and born with contracted tendons in its hind legs, can get about using a set of walker wheels.
Rosalind Wingate, who volunteers at Tu...
DATE: Jan 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Bermudian social worker and professor who forged strong links between Bermuda College and West Virginia University has died.
Doris Nicholas was 73.
Dr Nicholas, a strong supporter of Black students at WVU, spent 20 years as a faculty member in the ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
HSBC’s branch on Church Street in Hamilton is to reopen to the public today.
The branch will be open Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm.
UPDATE: This article has been updated to correct the closing time.
DATE: Jan 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The head of the Bermuda Government’s London office is the new chairwoman of the UK Overseas Territories Association, it was revealed tonight.
Kimberley Durrant was elected to head the group and David Burt, the Premier, will become the president of it...
DATE: Jan 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
This year’s Cambridge Checkpoint examinations are expected to go ahead as scheduled in March and June, the education department confirmed today.
The Royal Gazette reported last Wednesday that Bermuda’s schoolchildren would be able to sit most of...
DATE: Jan 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Ideas from the public on the future use of a massive nature reserve have been asked for by the Government.
A survey has been set up so the public can give their views and suggestions for facilities at the 38 acre Southlands Park in Warwick.
Particip...
DATE: Jan 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
