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On August 31 last year the people of the Cayman Islands were granted a right now considered an essential one in democratic countries all over the world.
Parliamentarians in the tiny Caribbean country ¿ which has a population even smaller than Bermuda...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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Sam Strangeways
Much of the work needed to introduce a public access information law to Bermuda has already been done by the Government's Central Policy Unit. A discussion paper it released in 2005 told residents what to expect if PATI legislation is passed here. Th...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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As part of The Royal Gazette's A Right To Know: Giving People Power campaign, we are calling for answers to questions which we believe are in the public's interest.
These are some of the questions we have put to Government or other publicly funded bo...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government spends the largest single chunk of its budget on education ¿ more than $150 million for this financial year alone.
Taxpayers' cash is used, quite rightly, to pay for everything from textbooks and teachers' salaries, to staff wages at the M...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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Sam Strangeways
Millions of people all over the world use access to information laws every day to obtain official information, no matter the medium it is stored on.
Citizens in Jamaica have embraced their Access to Information Act since it was fully implemented in J...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
On August 31 last year the people of the Cayman Islands were granted a right now considered an essential one in democratic countries all over the world.
Parliamentarians in the tiny Caribbean country ¿ which has a population even smaller than Bermuda...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
It isn't just the media who would be able to exercise their right to know under public access to information legislation.
Here's a few ways it could work for you:
• There has been a spate of burglaries in your parish. Ask Police for a copy of any rep...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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Royal Gazette records dating back to the early 1990s show the first call for Government transparency came from Progressive Labour Party stalwart Eva Hodgson in 1992.
As in many jurisdictions, it was another five years or so before accountability and ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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Bermuda has more than 100 Government boards, quangos, committees, councils and commissions - funded by the taxpayer.
None, as far as The Royal Gazette can discover, hold open meetings and only a couple issue minutes to the public afterwards.
A Govern...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Alex Scott has a simple message for politicians and civil servants who don't support the introduction of public access to information (PATI) legislation in Bermuda: "The Government serves the public, serves the people. Access to information, especial...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
