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Of at least eight new resorts publicly announced for Bermuda, not one has the financing in place to actually break ground soon.
And The Royal Gazette has learned none of the luxury hotel brands boasted by developers, except Park Hyatt, has signed an ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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This week marks Sunshine Week an initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.
And today we are asking people to celebrate Sunshine Week by being a hero and daring to ask questions demanding informa...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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Under-fire advertising agency GlobalHue has described the doubt cast on its relationship with the Department of Tourism by Auditor General Larry Dennis as "libellous".
Jacqueline Reynolds, GlobalHue's executive vice president, said in a statement iss...
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A man thrown off a bus for being drunk found it to be an expensive trip he was fined $100 for his behaviour.
Richard Smith, 49, of Kilderry Lane, Smith's, pleaded guilty at Magistrates' Court to being drunk and incapable on Monday.
Prosecutor Paula T...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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The Police are urgently appealing for the public's help in locating a missing 55-year-old man.
St. Claire McDonald Augustus, of no fixed abode, was last seen on Thursday, February 26, at Friswells Hill in Devonshire.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesma...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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A convoy of fire engines will participate in today's funeral procession for firefighter Kevin (Moondog) Mooney.
Mr. Mooney, 29, of Southampton, died last Tuesday after suffering head injuries in a bike crash in Warwick.
The funeral procession will se...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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A host of questions remain despite a response by Works and Engineering Minister Derrick Burgess to the Auditor General's special report, according to the Opposition.
The report by Larry Dennis revealed Government had paid millions of taxpayers' dolla...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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The Open Society Justice Initiative, a US-based group which promotes rights-based law reform around the world, drew up the following ten principles on the right of access to information.
1. Access to information is a right of everyone.
Anyone may req...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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Even the best governments love their secrets.
It's in their nature. Some secrets, like those tied to security, are arguably necessary. But most governments, if they have their way, would keep their little secrets too.
You can't really blame them. Nob...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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On January 21, President Barack Obama, through his press secretary, issued the following memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies. The subject was the US Freedom of Information Act, which, in Bermuda, would be the Public Access ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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