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A Joint Select Committee set up to investigate why protesters were pepper-sprayed by police outside Parliament in December 2016 has held all of its meetings in secret. The Royal Gazette can reveal that the bipartisan parliamentary group, which promis...

Bermuda will find it hard to promote itself as a “sparklingly clean” gambling jurisdiction if the industry regulator is not upfront about its own finances, overseas experts have warned. Gene Johnson, a gaming consultant, told The Royal Gazette that a...

The information commissioner has backed a decision by the Government to withhold legal advice related to the island’s multimillion-dollar airport redevelopment. Gitanjali Gutierrez, in a decision made public on Monday, ruled the Ministry of Finance w...

The world has never been without grave danger for any messenger daring to tell the truth. Perhaps the ugly truth is that corruption exists whether it is in democratic or dictatorial jurisdictions, creating conditions where people are usually kept in ...

What is the main value in a free press? To hear the media tell it, as in many of the 350-plus editorials published in co-ordination last week in response to Donald Trump’s anti-press rhetoric, the answer is factual, objective coverage of events. But ...

Throughout history, millions of people have perished as a result of being different from others. Just about every leading country has experienced dark chapters of bitter clashes over the human right for every human on this planet to be treated with r...

Freedom of the press is so vital to US society that this occupation is the only one expressly safeguarded by name in the First Amendment to the Constitution: “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Without a...

Journalism can make a positive difference. While the value of the free press is sometimes underappreciated by those who dismiss significant stories as “negative”, the end result of airing even an ugly truth is often a win for the community. That is h...

Dear Sir, Although we have not met, I have been very impressed by the editorials you have provided on a daily basis in The Royal Gazette, but none more so than today (November 29, 2017). In addition, seeing the minister’s televised press conference i...

Speculation about the reasons for a decision, or the true cost of a project, has been elevated to a fine art after years of living without an access to information law. Our country’s refinement of this skill began with generations of late-night talk...

An inquiry into an alleged breach of confidentiality in connection with public access to information is complete, according to information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez. Ms Gutierrez told The Royal Gazette this week she expected to release the out...

Dear Sir, Please tell me that I am still in a good frame of mind. I ask that question because this morning I read in the RG that the first information commissioner appointed by the Governor is now going to reveal the ending of the secrecy culture of...