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A free public webinar on access to information and freedom of the press will take place today.
Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez said people can see the webinar, hosted by the International Conference of Information Commissioners, at 11am ...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Progressive Labour Party MP has defended the party’s Covid-19 SafeKey policy after Opposition criticism of the scheme.
Christopher Famous accused Michael Dunkley, the shadow health minister, of “negativity” over new rules requiring customers of som...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A review of children’s advocacy agencies included five jurisdictions across the world, a social development and seniors ministry spokeswoman said.
Commissions in Jamaica, England, Jersey, Malta and Australia were studied to help set up a replacement ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Former Bermuda resident Tim Houston has led the Progressive Conservatives to a decisive election victory in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Mr Houston, a 51-year-old chartered accountant, worked in the island’s business community from 1995 unti...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A Bermudian producer and filmmaker who spent several months in Afghanistan has said people he knows there are “absolutely terrified” in face of the Taleban take over.
Robert Zuill, who is senior producer for CITV and worked on a series of promotional...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Government has moved in the right direction to tackle a backlog of audits of public sector organisations, the Premier has said.
David Burt admitted that there was still a large number of audits behind schedule – but that the number had fallen.
He...
DATE: Aug 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charity which promotes and supports Bermuda’s LGBTQ community is asking people to take part in a survey and sign up for regular updates on its activities.
OutBermuda, which has just had its charitable status renewed for the next three years, said i...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Ministry of Legal Affairs has been ordered to reveal whether a report on allegations of misconduct made against the head of the island's child protection agency existed.
Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner, insisted there was a publ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The leader of the Opposition highlighted Bermuda’s positive relationship with the US in a meeting with new US Consul General Karen Grissette.
Senators Ben Smith and Marcus Jones attended the one-hour meeting alongside Cole Simons, the One Bermuda All...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A campaign group allied to the Progressive Labour Party yesterday hit out at the Government and accused it of ignoring “grass roots, labour and Black Bermudians”.
A letter to the party from the group Move Bermuda earlier this month accused the PLP of...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
