32 results returned for search: "" category ("Politics" AND "News") author Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A man who shared information with the commission into land losses was told that records on his case would be sealed for 50 years
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A researcher claims in court papers she was subjected to “retaliatory action” by the Government after she blew the whistle on alleged cover-ups and bad practices at the Commission of Inquiry into Historical Land Losses.
A judge is expected to hold an...
DATE: Jul 14, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Government has secretly settled a lawsuit brought against it by a company it allowed to collect taxes on its behalf without a licence.
Oarrs Inc filed the civil writ against the Office of the Tax Commissioner in July last year, alleging it was ow...
DATE: Jul 08, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
An Opposition MP is calling for an urgent overhaul to address the lack of a “safety net” for struggling young adults with traumatic family backgrounds.
Susan Jackson welcomed the Government’s plan to launch an independent transitional living programm...
DATE: Jul 06, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Government has still not served court papers on an American music promoter in connection with the disappearance of an $800,000 taxpayer-funded loan.
The cash was lent in April 2018 to Anthony Blakey and his Bermudian employee Danilee Trott, who o...
DATE: Jun 28, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Government has denied it withheld encrypted e-mails from the public about a taxpayer-funded payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars to protesters who shut down Parliament.
But it did not release the messages yesterday nor did it give any...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
E-mails sent by a senior civil servant about a taxpayer-funded payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars to protesters who shut down Parliament were withheld from the public because they were encrypted.
The messages should have been reviewed an...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
An organisation providing “critical services” to victims of domestic abuse is in financial crisis – despite receiving taxpayer cash to carry out its work.
The Centre Against Abuse, co-chaired by former Progressive Labour Party chairman Damon Wade, re...
DATE: Apr 22, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A string of questions about when competitive tenders will be put out for three Covid-19 technology contracts have been stonewalled by the Government.
The contracts — for software to manage the effects of the pandemic — were earlier awarded without a ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Information Commissioner has ordered a public authority to make “further disclosures” about a sports betting firm which scrapped plans to hire staff in Bermuda after media interest in its activities
DATE: Feb 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor