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The International Press Institute has welcomed a joint pledge by the media in Bermuda to set up a self-regulating council by mid-September.
The Vienna-based global organisation said it supported the initiative, which was prompted after Government tab...
DATE: May 31, 2010
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Government's controversial media council bill will be scrapped if the industry fulfils its pledge to set up a voluntary watchdog, Premier Ewart Brown told MPs yesterday.
He revealed that Government had decided to review a proposal sent to him by Berm...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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Government backbencher Randy Horton is to push for a joint parliamentary select committee to tackle gang and gun crime.
He joined several MPs in the House of Assembly who spoke on the need for solutions to the escalating violence after 24-year-old De...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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The media has pledged to set up a self-regulating council by mid-September and urged Government to "put on ice" its plan for a legislated watchdog.
A joint letter was sent yesterday to Premier Ewart Brown and copied to MPs from the editors of the Isl...
DATE: May 28, 2010
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MPs are expected to discuss just one minor piece of legislation during today's House of Assembly session — the Bermuda Housing Amendment Act 2010.
Opposition Whip Cole Simons said the bill was little more than a housekeeping measure and questioned wh...
DATE: May 28, 2010
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The media has today pledged to set up a self-regulating council by mid-September and urged Government to “put on ice” its plan for a state-controlled watchdog.
A joint letter was sent to Premier Ewart Brown and copied to all MPs from the editors of t...
DATE: May 27, 2010
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Lawyers have raised fears that Government's media council bill could undermine the freedom of the press and be unconstitutional, with one describing it as a "dangerous and destructive piece of legislation".
Tim Marshall, Warren Cabral, Paul Harshaw a...
DATE: May 21, 2010
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The Premier will have to ask for MPs' approval in order to exclude any public authority from freedom of information, under the Government's revamped bill.
The Cabinet Office was swamped with more than 500 submissions on the draft Public Access to Inf...
DATE: May 21, 2010
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A former press secretary to the Premier has backed the idea of an independently regulated media council — but chastised the industry for not yet setting one up.
Glenn Jones, who was spokesman for Premier Ewart Brown between 2007 and 2009, told The Ro...
DATE: May 20, 2010
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Many places around the world have councils or commissions that regulate the media. Here we look at a few examples of how the members of those bodies are appointed.
• Denmark
The Scandinavian country is one of only a few democracies around the world t...
DATE: May 20, 2010
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