12/2021, Mr Osagi Bascome, a national level footballer, was murdered. On 18 December 2021, Bascome was stabbed outside a restaurant on St. David’s Island, Bermuda, and later died. He was 23 (source). Read more about the incident here.
01/2024, a jury found Raheem Wray not guilty of the murder at Supreme Court. The murder investigation was referred to during the trial as ‘woeful’ – the errors and failings being described here.
How a network of enablers have helped Russia’s oligarchs hide their wealth abroad. According to the ICIJ, Elites close to Vladimir Putin have funneled billions through tax havens to evade scrutiny and oversight. Lawyers, proxies and bankers across the world made it possible. The article, which can be read in full here asks ‘So who are…
11/2023 – 13 road fatalities – the year’s victims are presented here. Bermuda is a small island nation with a population of about 64,000 people and a road network of about 225 km. Despite its size, Bermuda has one of the highest rates of road fatalities in the world. Possibly a reason is the lack…
A Bermuda police sergeant who took legal action after he was passed over for promotion three years ago, has failed to have his appeal upheld. Seemingly he believed that failing to reach the the 60 per cent pass grade in the examination should not prevent his promotion. It appears odd that an inability to answer 3…
Spun Gold Studios are on the islands of Bermuda recording the work of the Bermuda Police Service (BPS) and Royal Bermuda Regiment Coastguard (RBRC). The film has apparently been appointed by the BBC – generally known for their professionalism and independent reporting. It remains to be seen what is produced given they will apparently mostly…
With police numbers falling, the once reported 468 on the island needs replenishing. It is not simply because of retirements and resignations, the island has a high rates of ‘loss’ due to: long-term sickness (12) suspension (10) That is about 5% of the workforce incapacitated. Moral may also have been affected by the current Commissioners threats against…
Bermuda’s lip-service approach to the Freedom of Information Act already restricts requests to residents. Whilst most countries providing such legislation extend access to the worldwide population, Bermuda restricts access – possibly because they do not wish competent, safely-distanced individuals to ask probing questions, seek contentious information? Instead, a party making an approach is required to…