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Bermuda: Ban Reversed

Friday, June 6th, 2008 @ 18:24 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Bermuda
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Governance, Media, Politics
Languages:: English

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Malagasy:

Bermudes: Nitsimbadika ny fandraràna...

Bermudian bloggers are abuzz about the Speaker of the House reversing his ban on questions to Ministers from an old Parliament. Vexed Bermoothes: “In doing so he lays bare the tampering being undertaken in Bermuda’s institutions to avoid transparency and accountability in our Government”; A Radical In Bermuda: “We have to do all we can to stop this government from inching ever closer to non-transparent pseudo-fascism.”

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