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Toby Mendel has spent much of his career studying freedom of information laws; he's even published two books about them.
So when he describes Bermuda's proposed public access to information (PATI) bill as "by and large, a pretty good draft," it's pro...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Sam Strangeways
Laura Neuman has travelled the world and seen a lot of transparency laws as part of her job as access to information project manager for the Carter Center in the States.
But she has never known a country respond in the way Bermuda did when asked to c...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Sam Strangeways
Bermuda could soon follow countless developed democracies around the world by passing a law giving taxpayers the right to access information held by public authorities.
But just how much openness would the proposed public access to information (PATI)...
DATE: Oct 26, 2009
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Sam Strangeways
A long-awaited freedom of information bill was last night unveiled by Government and could become law during the next parliamentary session.
Premier Ewart Brown announced in a televised speech that the draft public access to information (PATI) legisl...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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Sam Strangeways
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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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Royal Gazette is inviting all of Bermuda to bask in the sunshine this week — and support an initiative promoting public access to information and open government.
We want you to join us in celebrating Sunshine Week — a US idea aimed at opening up...
DATE: Mar 17, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Walking 90,000 miles to the half-way point of the 100 Day Challenge is only going to get participants so far.
With another 50 days to go, organisers have given them another test — 100,000 more miles traipsed up and down the Island.
That's because the...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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A civil servant suspended on full pay for more than a year is understood to have got her job back — but Government is staying silent on the reason for her lengthy absence from the National Training Board (NTB).
The woman was suspended from the public...
DATE: Feb 29, 2008
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Sam Strangeways
Participants in the 100 Day Challenge have walked the length of Bermuda 2,756 times since the beginning of the fitness initiative.
After 30 days into the Live Healthy Bermuda 100 Day Challenge, a total of 4,037 pounds have been lost and more than 15,...
DATE: Feb 25, 2008
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Laughter was punctuated with gasps as almost 100 members of the public were bombarded by scenes of fast food fatties in the film 'Supersize Me' on Tuesday night.
In support of heart month, the Department of Health, in collaboration with the Bermuda H...
DATE: Feb 21, 2008
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