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Public access to information (PATI) legislation will be tabled in the fall, Premier Ewart Brown announced yesterday.
The Premier said a draft bill was currently being finalised after Cabinet had looked at examples of PATI in the Caribbean, UK and Eur...
DATE: Jul 09, 2009
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Tourism chiefs have delayed an announcement on which performers will appear at this year's Bermuda Music Festival.
The Bermuda Tourism website stated until yesterday that "this year's featured musical artists and ticket information" would be revealed...
DATE: Jul 09, 2009
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David Saul arrived back on the Island yesterday after having a minor heart attack last week and being airlifted to Boston.
The former Premier spoke to The Royal Gazette soon after getting home from the Lahey Clinic, where doctors fitted him with two ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2009
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The House of Assembly yesterday approved legislation that will increase the hourly legal aid rate for the first time in six years.
The Legal Aid (Scale of Fees) Amendment Regulations 2009 was introduced by Junior Minister of Justice Michael Scott, wh...
DATE: Jul 09, 2009
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Local filmmaker Lucinda Spurling is calling for all Government records held at the Bermuda Archives to be made available to the public for free.
The director — whose history documentary 'The Lion and The Mouse' won this year's audience choice award a...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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Sam Strangeways
The BLING book club is encouraging members to turn off the electronics and turn book pages instead this weekend.
The club is holding a 'No No Weekend' starting July 10th to celebrate its newest book choices, 'Diary of Wimpy the Kid' and 'The Lost Isl...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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Investigation into Bermuda Archives: statistics
• The Ombudsman launched her investigation in November after receiving six complaints about barriers to access at the Archives in the first half of 2008 — four from researchers and two from donors.
• Sh...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown took two bodyguards with him to an American football "bowl" match at taxpayers' expense.
The Premier refuses to offer any explanation why the men — who it's understood were not armed — accompanied him to the Bayou Classic between ...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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Tim Smith
British Home Secretary Alan Johnson has weighed into the row over Premier Ewart Brown's controversial Guantánamo Bay actions.
Mr. Johnson told the House of Commons he has been in talks with Foreign Secretary David Miliband following Dr. Brown's decis...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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It was not spectacular, extravagant or bizarre. There were songs and tears but little dancing. Instead, Michael Jackson’s memorial was a sombre, spiritual ceremony that reached back for the essence of the man.
Singer, dancer, superstar, humanitarian:...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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