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A former Bermuda Regiment conscript claims he was sexually assaulted in the shower by Glenn Brangman at Warwick Camp more than 20 years ago and was left so distraught he attempted suicide.Soldier C contacted The Royal Gazette in tears after reading t...
DATE: Nov 20, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Hospitals Board will consider bringing Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute (MAWI) services to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
The suggestion was one of several made recently by the SAGE Commission, who said the MAWI site could be sold off ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2013
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Health
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Government today announced the members of a new committee established to modernise Bermuda’s labour laws.
Lawyers Alan Dunch and Wendell Hollis, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert and Bermuda Public Services Union general secretary Ed B...
DATE: Nov 20, 2013
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Ombudsman for Bermuda Arlene Brock believes a lawsuit against her by the Corporation of Hamilton potentially threatens the existence of her office in Bermuda.
Appearing in the Supreme Court before Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman, who is debating whether...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Some civil servants are being awarded “exorbitant” benefits packages with overtime pay that is “significantly higher than the norm in the private sector”, according to the SAGE Commission.
And Government employees have been able to secure generous de...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Five people were arrested on suspicion of impaired driving over the weekend.
Meanwhile, officers arrested a total of 16 people for outstanding warrants and conducted liquor licence checks at various premises, a police spokesman said.
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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Corporation of Hamilton councillor George Scott branded Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy “a dictator and right-wing whatever” after Government introduced new rules governing the management of the municipality.
And he also warned that “there could b...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The former teenage clerk who suffered at the hands of sex attacker Glenn Brangman believes he is typical of his victims.
Mr X was just 19 and in desperate circumstances when he came into Brangman’s orbit in late 2008.
Recently released from prison af...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ahead of the annual meeting of Overseas Territories leaders this month in London, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office is featuring an overseas territory on Facebook every day. Bermuda will be today’s selection.
The annual Overseas Territories Join...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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Sex attacker Glenn Brangman is behind bars today after the Court of Appeal upheld his convictions for assaulting a teenage clerk while in charge of Bermuda Housing Corporation.
The 61-year-old former Bermuda Regiment quartermaster was taken into cust...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways