Created: Jun 19, 2024 07:58 AM The Bermuda Post Office’s controversial partnership with an overseas courier company was effectively no different from dealing with other post offices worldwide, a lawyer for the Government argued yesterday. Eugene Johnston made the case at a Court of Appeal hearing in which the Government …
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