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A US town councillor is flying to Bermuda to give his support for the Island's first Run For Freedom.
Christopher Bodkin, from the Town of Islip in Long Island, had made arrangements to take part in the run, only for the date to change after organise...
DATE: Jan 29, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Readers of The Royal Gazette want access to government-held information and think they should be allowed into the meetings of organisations they fund.
That's what the majority of people who responded to our A Right to Know: Giving People Power campai...
DATE: Jan 28, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A fat-fighting campaigner from England has come out in support of campaigns aimed at helping people to shed the pounds and get healthier.
Jane DeVille-Almond, a director of the UK's National Obesity Forum, was on the Island last year to launch a seri...
DATE: Jan 28, 2008
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Alex Scott reiterated his support for transparency at the weekend — and warned Government that it could find itself "playing catch up" with the rest of the world if it doesn't implement public access to information legislation soon.
The former Premie...
DATE: Jan 28, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
New Opposition leader Kim Swan says he hopes Progressive Labour Party MPs will support former Premier Alex Scott's call for public access to information (PATI) legislation.
Mr. Swan also outlined why the United Bermuda Party is pushing for greater tr...
DATE: Jan 28, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Opposition MP John Barritt yesterday conceded the United Bermuda Party got itself into trouble when it was in power by leaving people in the dark over key issues.
Mr. Barritt, a backbencher and Minister while the UBP was in Government, said party lea...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Executive Director of Age Concern warned of an ageing sedentary workforce as she gave her support to The Royal Gazette's Have a Heart Campaign.
Claudette Fleming said she's not only a supporter of our campaign, but is also participating the Live ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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Support is growing for The Royal Gazette's campaign to open up government and publicly funded bodies to the people — with union leader Ed Ball the latest to speak out in favour of transparency.
Mr. Ball, general secretary of Bermuda Public Services U...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Finance Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin pledged yesterday to push again for the parliamentary committee which scrutinises the spending of public money to be opened up.
The cross-party Public Accounts Committee - which Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin has ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A new Board and an expanded vision will usher in 2008 for the Bermuda Heart Foundation.
In the past the foundation was generally involved in raising money for heart equipment giving more than $2m to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital cardiology un...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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