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Bermuda must decide for itself whether to pass freedom of information legislation and open up its parliamentary committees to the public, according to officials in Britain.
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband says in a response to a report from the B...
DATE: Jan 20, 2009
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Bermuda made its mark at a Commonwealth workshop in Trinidad and Tobago — but not for the right reasons.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards went to the two-day event for members of public accounts committees (PACs) and said fellow participants were...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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The Cayman Islands yesterday became the first British Overseas Territory to bring freedom of information into force — and politicians here said they hoped Bermuda would be hot on its heels.
The Caribbean country passed FOI legislation in August 2007 ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2009
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If you didn't know the phrase "A Right to Know" before 2008, chances are you're well acquainted with it now.
On January 21, The Royal Gazette launched a campaign to get a freedom of information law passed in Bermuda — and soon even Premier Ewart Brow...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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The Corporation of Hamilton is likely to open up some of its meetings to the public in the "very foreseeable future", according to Secretary Ed Benevides.
He told The Royal Gazette yesterday that though the issue hadn't been fully aired among members...
DATE: Nov 21, 2008
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Public school principals told yesterday of their dissatisfaction and disaffection with educational reform during a historic meeting of a new parliamentary committee.
The Joint Education Select Committee opened its doors to the public and press for th...
DATE: Oct 23, 2008
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The Corporation of Hamilton is to make public its decisions for the first time in its 213-year history.
The municipality issued a statement yesterday saying members had agreed that their resolutions would now be posted on the noticeboard in the City ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2008
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A cross-party parliamentary committee reviewing how educational reform is being implemented in the wake of the Hopkins Report wants to hold its meetings in public, its chairman said yesterday.
Government MP Neletha Butterfield, who is heading the bip...
DATE: Aug 27, 2008
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Three of the UK MPs calling for freedom of information legislation in the British Overseas Territories have spoken out about why Bermuda would benefit from such a law.
John Horam, Malcolm Moss and Andrew Mackinlay visited the Island in March as part ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2008
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Calls by UK MPs for freedom of information legislation to be introduced in all the British Overseas Territories should spur Bermuda into action, according to former Premier Alex Scott.
A newly published report from the UK Foreign Affairs Committee (F...
DATE: Jul 09, 2008
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