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Former Regiment commanding officer Edward Lamb said yesterday he used the “full brunt of the law” to discipline a soldier who assaulted another soldier in Grenada in 2005.
The private was given 56 days in military prison after an incident described b...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Auditor General said Government could have another qualified audit for the current fiscal year.
A week ago Bermuda’s Consolidated Fund was released for the previous fiscal year, ending March 31, 2010.
Auditor General Heather Matthews gave it a qu...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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The United Bermuda Party says Kim Swan will speak “when he is ready” as he maintained his silence on the merger likely to end his spell as Opposition leader.
When The Royal Gazette visited his St George’s West constituency yesterday, many residents s...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda’s rules against performance enhancing drugs in sport will be tightened by laws expected to pass through the House of Assembly today.
The Bermuda Sport Anti-Doping Authority (BSADA) will be formally set up through the Anti-Doping in Sport Act,...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Questions have been raised as to whether the Bermuda Regiment properly handled a soldier-on-soldier assault after it was described in court this week as an attempted knifepoint rape.
Regiment commanding officer (CO) Brian Gonsalves told a Supreme Cou...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda Regiment should not have tried to hush-up the attempted rape of a soldier in Grenada, according to a conscript who was on the 2005 hurricane-relief trip.
The man, who asked not to be named, told The Royal Gazette he was “disgusted” that the R...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Accountant General claims she was pressured by Ministry of Transport officials to approve a sole tender contract over the controversial TCD construction project.
The Public Accounts Committee also heard TCD could save Government approximately $1...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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Politics
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Charges that Bermuda is growing unfriendly to international business have been echoed by Opposition politicians and others.
The statements followed a call from Peter Durhager, executive vice president of Renaissance Re and co-chair of the economic th...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government has put several safeguards in place to protect the environmentally important Rosewood Tucker’s Point land during proposed development.
Last week Government announced it had granted in-principle planning approval for the hotel to build 78 r...
DATE: Feb 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Former United Bermuda Party MP Allan Marshall says likely casualties of a merger between the Opposition parties need to “park their egos in the garage”.
Mr Marshall faces giving up his position as the UBP’s adopted candidate for Hamilton South and a ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
