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Citizens were encouraged yesterday to submit freedom of information requests even when they believe the records they request may not be released. Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez, in a live online question-and-answer session with readers ...

Three leading international experts in public policy finance have been appointed to serve as members of the newly created Fiscal Responsibility Panel. According to the Bermuda Government, the panel will increase transparency and international credibi...

Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez will take part in a live online question and answer session with The Royal Gazette this morning and she is urging the public to log on and get involved. Ms Gutierrez proposed the real time discussion to ma...

The Bermuda Government has received 62 public access to information requests and police have received 31 during the first six months of the law coming into force. Michael Dunkley revealed the figure for those entities directly controlled by the Gover...

Recently the Bermuda Government announced that it was signing a deal to have a new airport terminal built. On the surface this sounds great. But when we dig under the surface, the numbers are not quite adding up. We are supposedly going to give up 3...

An office set up four years ago to strengthen financial accountability in government has only half the staff it needs, it has been revealed. And a suitable candidate to lead the Office of Project Management and Procurement (OPMP) has yet to be found,...

Nineteen public officers will retire from the Bermuda Government today, as part of the voluntary early retirement programme. The scheme, which was reintroduced in June for eligible persons in the public service, applies to Government employees aged b...

Public authorities will be encouraged to take a very “user-friendly” approach when it comes to public access to information (Pati) requests, a meeting heard last night. Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez said some authorities were insisting...

• Bermuda Police Service has conducted more than 70 internal investigations in the past five years, with six officers being thrown off the force. The results of a Pati request submitted by The Royal Gazette lifted the lid on sanctions imposed on offi...

Bermuda’s “secretive” system of government will be cracked open when the first major disclosures under Pati are made, according to the Island’s first information commissioner. Gitanjali Gutierrez said the Island’s Westminster system was traditionally...

Highly paid consultants working for the Bermuda Government and other public authorities will have details of their salaries routinely revealed under the Public Access to Information (Pati) Act. Taxpayers will be told on a regular basis about every co...

Journalists have been making good use of the Public Access to Information (Pati) Act since it became law on April 1 — but not every request for disclosure has been successful. Here, we detail several failed bids to find out more. • Residents at Summ...