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Ombudsman Victoria Pearman received 161 new complaints throughout 2015, she revealed as she released her annual report. The Office of the Ombudsman concentrated on individual complaints during the calendar year, launching no systemic investigations....

Bermuda’s Office of the Ombudsman has been in operation for ten years, growing into “one of the most highly regarded in the Commonwealth, at least in the smaller states”. This is the view of Victor Ayeni, the governance specialist who was the keynote...

Dear Sir, Forget all the recent toing and froing over the Ombudsman. I know a little something about this subject and the only germane question in the controversy is whether the Ombudsman “overreached” her authority in conducting an investigation in...

Michael Dunkley is to meet with Bermuda Ombudsman Victoria Pearman in the “near future” to discuss concerns expressed over “dismissive language” used by Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, towards her office. It comes after letters sent in Au...

Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, has issued a statement maintaining that Victoria Pearman, the Bermuda Ombudsman, was in error when a report cited maladministration on his ministry’s behalf. Senator Fahy spoke after his dismissal of the re...

Dear Sir, I don’t know why neither the Ombudsman nor the Minister of Home Affairs has said so publicly, but I do happen to know that the “Professional” whose case they are arguing over is a veterinarian who conducted a 17-year legal challenge to the ...

Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy defended his criticism of a recent Ombudsman’s report after coming under fire in the Senate. Speaking during the motion to adjourn, Opposition Senate Leader Diallo Rabain called Sen Fahy’s statement on the subject “...

Demolition at a historic Tucker’s Town cemetery, faulted in an Ombudsman’s report last year, cannot be blamed on the Department of Planning or the Bermuda Government, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said yesterday. Senator Fahy said the cemetery h...

Shadow Immigration Minister Walton Brown has expressed his alarm at the “flagrant violation of immigration laws” by a company highlighted in an Ombudsman report. The Ombudsman’s Annual Report for 2014, released last Friday, stated that the Department...

By Owain Johnston-Barnes Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy has accused the Ombudsman’s office of maladministration, labelling a critical report a “farce”. He also declined to name the employer or agent involved in the controversy, arguing that it wo...

The Department of Immigration refused to follow the advice of the Ombudsman following a Bermudian’s complaint about being overlooked for a job. The Ombudsman’s Annual Report for 2014, tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday, also claims that the Mi...