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Lawyer Jeffrey Elkinson is the new chairman of the Police Complaints Authority.
Governor George Fergusson announced the news yesterday at Government House, where he said the authority’s previously large backlog of unresolved complaints was now “negli...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A mural depicting five of Bermuda’s international football stars has been painted on an outside wall of the Jamaican Grill on Court Street as part of renovation, repair and beautification work aimed at improving aspects of North Hamilton.
The communi...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 34-year-old man was yesterday accused of sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint in her car during an incident at Warwick Long Bay on Monday.
The charge put to the defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was that he sexually assaulted t...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Taxpayers will be hit with a six-figure bill after the former Government launched a doomed bid to get a legal ruling overturned.
Yesterday The Royal Gazette revealed that Government had hired a costly legal team to appeal the decisions of two indepen...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Three little libraries will be scattered across the Island in the upcoming weeks, thanks to Bermuda’s creative youth.
The libraries are part of the Design Springboard Programme, developed by The Bermuda Education Network. It is one of three programme...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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For years it remained a political hot potato that many Parliamentarians chose to avoid for fear of losing valuable votes.
But yesterday the once-controversial question of outlawing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation overcame its fina...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A taxpayer-funded foundation set up to manage and promote Bermuda’s historic slavery sites has lost its charitable status — but neither it nor Government will say why.
The African Diaspora Heritage Trail Foundation has received at least $1.6 million ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s unions have signed an agreement of non-disclosure on current wage negotiations, at the request of Government
A Government spokesperson confirmed the agreement to this newspaper.
In a brief statement she said: “All parties have observed a p...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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The public has been given a sneak peek at the new building at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital this week as a section of the protective mesh around the construction site was removed.
Work on the $247 million project is ongoing, and the building ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Other
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Authorities might have averted the Island’s gang violence epidemic ten years ago when “the writing was on the wall, for all to see”.
The Bermuda Police Service’s outgoing Assistant Commissioner David Mirfield said trouble was brewing in 2003 when stu...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
