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A legal battle between Bermuda Hospitals Board and a patient who suffered an agonising wait for surgery has attracted the attention of lawyers for Britain’s national health service. The NHS Litigation Authority has applied to intervene in the case in...

Citizens were encouraged yesterday to submit freedom of information requests even when they believe the records they request may not be released. Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez, in a live online question-and-answer session with readers ...

Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez will take part in a live online question and answer session with The Royal Gazette this morning and she is urging the public to log on and get involved. Ms Gutierrez proposed the real time discussion to ma...

The Bermuda Government has received 62 public access to information requests and police have received 31 during the first six months of the law coming into force. Michael Dunkley revealed the figure for those entities directly controlled by the Gover...

An office set up four years ago to strengthen financial accountability in government has only half the staff it needs, it has been revealed. And a suitable candidate to lead the Office of Project Management and Procurement (OPMP) has yet to be found,...

Public authorities will be encouraged to take a very “user-friendly” approach when it comes to public access to information (Pati) requests, a meeting heard last night. Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez said some authorities were insisting...

Bermuda’s “secretive” system of government will be cracked open when the first major disclosures under Pati are made, according to the Island’s first information commissioner. Gitanjali Gutierrez said the Island’s Westminster system was traditionally...

Highly paid consultants working for the Bermuda Government and other public authorities will have details of their salaries routinely revealed under the Public Access to Information (Pati) Act. Taxpayers will be told on a regular basis about every co...

Journalists have been making good use of the Public Access to Information (Pati) Act since it became law on April 1 — but not every request for disclosure has been successful. Here, we detail several failed bids to find out more. • Residents at Summ...

A physician is to launch what he believes is the first medical school scholarship in Bermuda. JJ Soares, who runs Hamilton Medical Centre, told The Royal Gazette his own humble background inspired him to set up the $10,000-a-year fund. “I didn’t come...