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Government lawyers are drafting a freedom of information law for Bermuda as a "priority", according to Attorney General Kim Wilson.
Senator Wilson told The Royal Gazette that a consultation draft of the Public Access to Information (PATI) legislation...
DATE: Nov 13, 2008
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An investigation into claims that material at Bermuda Archives is being withheld from the public for no reason has been launched by the Ombudsman.
Arlene Brock announced yesterday that she instigated the probe after receiving five complaints from ind...
DATE: Nov 13, 2008
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When The Royal Gazette launched its A Right to Know: Giving People Power campaign in January, one of the aims was to highlight for readers what they would be allowed to know if they lived in a country with freedom of information.
Millions of citizens...
DATE: Nov 13, 2008
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Premier Ewart Brown officially unveiled the new Transport Control Department facility in Hamilton yesterday, promising that it would lead to a far more efficient service for motorists.
The multimillion dollar North Street facility was completed four ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2008
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Premier Ewart Brown has stamped on bizarre, untrue claims in Asian media that he has offered refuge to Thaksin Shinawatra, the exiled former prime minister of Thailand.
Newspapers in Thaksin's home country have been speculating where the billionaire,...
DATE: Nov 13, 2008
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Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Students at Victor Scott Primary School certainly think so — their exam results have vastly improved after a year of eating regular morning meals.
The youngsters have been receiving breakfast each week...
DATE: Nov 13, 2008
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Elderly members of Port Royal Golf Club may not have to pay a $3,000 initiation fee when the revamped course reopens in 2009, Premier Ewart Brown has revealed.
He was asked at a public meeting whether the introduction of the one-off payment on top of...
DATE: Nov 12, 2008
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The chairman of Bermuda Educational Parents' Association has welcomed the Premier's decision to sack Education Minister Randy Horton last week.
Myron Piper, who founded his group earlier this year to give a voice to parents in the public school syste...
DATE: Nov 12, 2008
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Premier Ewart Brown took another swipe at the UK Foreign Affairs Committee during the first session of Parliament, claiming its report on the British Overseas Territories "jeopardised" their reputations.
Dr. Brown, who was critical of the report when...
DATE: Nov 10, 2008
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Government is likely to canvass public opinion on the prospect of free bus and ferry travel for all — with a PLP meeting hearing this week that not everyone is in favour.
Premier Ewart Brown, who is also Tourism and Transport Minister, was asked by a...
DATE: Nov 07, 2008
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