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Appleby remains silent over data breach, did not inform police

October 26, 2017
By Ayo Johnson

Law firm Appleby is refusing to entertain any questions following reports of a leak of confidential data from its computer systems. Several questions put to Appleby have gone unanswered. But Bermuda Police Service last night confirmed that no complaint about the breach has been filed with them – despite Appleby’s statement this week that the…...

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Appleby, Bermuda, Data Leak

Constitutional challenge put on ice

Can resume once stewardship is over; Minister cannot use powers to end City of Hamilton proceedings against Bermuda Government - Chief Justice

March 20, 2015
By Ayo Johnson

Government can not use its powers to take over a municipality to squash a case against itself, Chief Justice Ian Kawaley has ruled. But an ongoing constitutional challenge to those powers will have to wait until a new City of Hamilton government is elected next month. Justice Kawaley ruled that the challenge by the Corporation […]

Filed Under: Archives, Featured, Local, Politics Tagged With: Bermuda, City of Hamilton, constitutional challenge, Corporation of Hamilton, litigation

“We never lost a Premier this way”

Bermuda’s top job in historical context

June 7, 2014
By Ayo Johnson
Photography by Glenn Tucker
Additional research by Thoshlae Smith
Archival images supplied by Bermuda Government
Content: 1,443 words, archival photos of Bermuda's leaders

  The resignation of Craig Cannonier, the eleventh person to occupy the office of Premier, since it was created in April 1973, was an event unprecedented in Bermudian history as no elected leader of the Island has ever been forced to give up the job in the midst of corruption allegations. Cannonier also managed to…...

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Filed Under: Archives, Featured, Politics Tagged With: Bermuda, Craig Cannonier, Premier

Bermuda moves toward campaign finance transparency rules

June 7, 2014
By Ayo Johnson
Illustration(s) by Makeem "Haz" Bartley
Content: 1,651 words, three videos

  Bermuda’s politicians are to consider crafting new campaign finance rules which would require political parties and candidates to disclose their funding arrangements. Meanwhile, Whitehall has said it will not be imposing “direct rule” on its mid Atlantic colony in the wake of Craig Cannonier’s resignation from the premiership following corruption allegations. While the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office […]

Filed Under: Archives, Featured, Politics Tagged With: Bermuda, Campaign Finance, Corruption

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