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Temporary public service workers filling vacant or temporary additional posts are not having their contracts renewed — unless the positions are regarded as essential. While figures are not available for the numbers affected, the new policy went into ...

Former broadcast journalist Aderonke Bademosi Wilson takes over on Monday as the new director of Government’s Department of Communication and Information, it was announced this afternoon. In a statement from Cabinet secretary Derrick Binns, the new d...

Government has estimated that the early retirement eligibility plan could result in savings of up to $6.2 million. By June 30, 79 individuals will have taken advantage of the cost-saving measure, which was highlighted in the 2015-16 Budget Statement...

One week after the Island’s new Public Access to Information regime came into effect, the first requests for information have been submitted to the PATI implementation team. Although PATI became law on April 1, the office’s website is expected to bec...

To assist the people of Bermuda in learning all things Michael Dunkley, the Premier has launched a webpage that goes live today. The page, which can be found at www.premier.gov.bm, will details ministerial statements, press releases and statements, n...

After more than a decade of waiting, landmark legislation allowing unprecedented public scrutiny of the Government’s affairs has today become law. Public Access to Information, or PATI, has the power to profoundly alter the way the Island conducts it...

Governor George Fergusson and his wife took part in the longstanding annual tradition of picking Easter lilies for the Queen this week. The flowers, grown by Manuel DeSilva and flown on Tuesday’s British Airways flight to London, arrived at Windsor C...

Today Bermuda joins the ranks of jurisdictions around the world where freedom of information legislation holds sway. The Public Access to Information Act (PATI) will not open all doors: sensitive personal information or details threatening national s...

With today’s advent of Public Access to Information laws, a wish list of unexplored topics are liable for scrutiny by the media and concerned members of the public. • The selection of the Canadian Commercial Corporation to lead the redevelopment of ...

When The Royal Gazette launched its “Right to Know” campaign for the enactment of public access to information laws, senior reporter Sam Strangeways led the charge. Ms Strangeways had a busy year covering the 2008 campaign for PATI and the political ...

The drive to get freedom of information laws in place was the most prominent campaign by The Royal Gazette in recent years — and it came during a low point in the newspaper’s relationship with Government. “The Right to Know: Giving People Power” camp...

It was reported in today’s Royal Gazette, and online, that the Public Access To Information Act 2010 (PATI) was not a high priority for the administration that was in government under the watch of Dr Ewart Brown as Premier. However, we accept that t...