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The Human Rights Commission has been told to reconsider a decision to withhold records under public access to information laws. Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez ordered the independent body to issue a new decision by November 3 to The Roy...

The principle of open government will be celebrated with countries around the world today. A spokeswoman for the Information Commissioner’s Office said International Right to Know Day was designed “to increase individuals’ awareness of their right t...

A public authority involved in an inquiry into misconduct claims against the head of the island’s child protection agency has claimed it does not have a report on the investigation’s findings. Gina Hurst-Maybury, the acting permanent secretary at the...

A government body set up to compensate victims of crime has said it will “soon” comply with a public access to information order issued almost two years ago. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board was told by Information Commissioner Gitanjali Guti...

Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez has urged public authorities to “familiarise themselves” with the Public Access to Information Act and consult a code of practice when dealing with requests for records. The commissioner issued the reminde...

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 ...

Secret records of a rejected multimillion dollar casinos deal must be released by the Government in the public interest, according to the Information Commissioner. Senior civil servants and the Bermudian company involved in the agreement argued again...

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...

More than $5.5 million in contracts for the wastewater works in the East End have been revealed through the Public Access to Information legislation. A notice published in the Official Gazette last week listed a series of contracts signed by the Berm...

Bermuda’s Information Commissioner is to join to the first executive committee for the International Conference of Information Commissioners. Gitanjali Gutierrez was elected to the role after a vote last month and her three-year term will begin at th...

The Ministry of Finance has said it needs more time to respond to a request for records on a multimillion-dollar contract awarded to an unlicensed debt collection company. Oarrs Inc was awarded the contract to manage a claw back of almost $75 million...

More than 100 requests for public access to information were made last year – an increase of 27 per cent on the year before. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) made the revelation in its annual report tabled in the House of Assembly. But the...