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PATI supporters in the US have been using Sunshine Week 2008 to promote freedom of information and evaluate the major-party presidential candidates' views on transparency.
Neither Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama nor John McCain have dismissed their cam...
DATE: Mar 20, 2008
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If you're reading this article and you're not wearing yellow, you better go home and get changed.
Today is Wear Yellow Day — your chance to let the sunshine in and show your support for public access to information.
So if you didn't already know why ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2008
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Bermuda CableVision last night announced its service was finally restored in St. George's and St. David's following an outage caused by bad weather.
East End residents were without service for close to 48 hours after a tree crushed fibre optics at Co...
DATE: Mar 20, 2008
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Sometimes Robert Stewart has felt like he's banging his head against a brick wall.
Over the past few years, the economics expert has made countless telephone calls to Government in his quest to find out about pensions funds — but he's never had a sat...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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During a trip to Reid Street yesterday, The Royal Gazette was stunned to discover row upon row of yellow sweaters still for sale in Marks and Spencer.
Just as alarmingly, a number of shelves in Cooper's menswear store on Front Street remained piled h...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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Firefighters in the UK suspected official figures were being massaged relating to the number of violent attacks on crews.
Using the Freedom of Information Act, they got hold of the statistics themselves — and found they had every right to be suspicio...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley cautioned Government about the dangers of running up too much debt and warned: "Good times don't always last."
During the Budget Debate on Interest on Debt and the Sinking Fund, Senators discussed how the publ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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Everyone in the Senate with the exception of Senator Wayne Caines is at least ten pounds overweight, Senator Thaao Dill told the Upper House.
However, Sen. Dill withdrew his remark after he was challenged by Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley, ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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Veteran journalist Bryan Darby yesterday warned any eroding of freedom of speech — amid a culture of hostility to the press by politicians — would lead to a gloomy future for Bermuda's children.
The VSB reporter said repeated attacks on the media, pa...
DATE: Mar 18, 2008
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It didn't take long for Bryan Darby to get into hot water when he took on a new job as Government's director of information two decades ago.
A supporter of the people's right to know following a long career as a journalist in the UK and Bermuda, on h...
DATE: Mar 18, 2008
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