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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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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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A global human rights lawyer has written to Bermuda's MPs, urging them to give the Island's media the chance to set up its own regulatory body.
Toby Mendel, executive director of the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) in Canada, sent his open letter ...
DATE: May 19, 2010
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The International Press Institute has warned the Government that its "deeply flawed" media council bill could damage its reputation around the world.
The global network of editors, media executives and journalists, based in Vienna, issued a statement...
DATE: May 18, 2010
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Global press freedom organisations have denounced plans for a state-controlled council to oversee the media in Bermuda — while local journalists are calling for a rethink of the idea.
Premier Ewart Brown tabled a bill in the House of Assembly on May ...
DATE: May 17, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown gave a rousing statement to the House of Assembly on May 7, proudly declaring that he was introducing the Public Access to Information Act 2010 — a law he insisted would see Bermuda "take a great leap forward" and strengthen the f...
DATE: May 17, 2010
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Former MP Allan Marshall was today announced as the United Bermuda Party’s election candidate for Hamilton South.
The 55-year-old banker told a press conference held at John Smith’s Bay that the dismal state of the economy had propelled him back into...
DATE: May 04, 2010
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Thelonius Monk was an unorthodox American jazz pianist and composer, widely credited with inventing bebop. Pannonica Rothschild was a European aristocrat, born into incredible privilege and wealth.
That the pair became the closest of friends, due to ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2010
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She may be only seven but Malaikah Abdul-Jabbar has a big voice — and yesterday she used it to lead a crowd of people outside City Hall in a rousing chant.
The young writer encouraged those who attended the launch of her first book — an anti-violence...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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One marathon in a lifetime would be enough for many people but Grant Mowbray is planning to run six of them in seven days — across the Sahara Desert.
The 41-year-old Canadian is training for the gruelling Marathon des Sables in Morocco next month, wh...
DATE: Mar 29, 2010
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