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Letter writer Rory Gorman says the fishermen have a misplaced sense of entitlement

Dear Sir, I note with dismay that The MarketPlace stores have introduced blue plastic bags to replace the paper bags they have been using for years. This flies in the face of pending regulations to prohibit single-use plastic. Statements on the bag m...

Dear Sir, There is not much that is “fair” about Fairmont Southampton these days. When I am on the golf course at Turtle Hill, I look up at the hotel and remember the wonderful restaurants and dining experiences, the great concerts, shows and enterta...

Dear Sir, My husband and I have been coming to Bermuda for four decades. One of our greatest delights, wherever we were staying — whether a rental house at Somerset Bridge or a B&B on Harbour Road — was the Bermuda ferry service. Not only did these w...

Letter writer William Soares tackles the Minister of Finance on the 2023 Pre-Budget Report

Dear Sir, For those of us who have the privilege of operating motorised vehicles on our roads, whether they be automobiles or bikes, I have been led to believe that they all should be fitted with indicators (points out one’s intention) at the time of...

Dear Sir, A few days ago, when it was time again to go through my pile of paper clippings to weed out those of faded relevance, I found one from November 19, 2021, where The Royal Gazette reported that Lawrence Scott, now the former Minister of Trans...

Dear Sir, These days one must be careful about what one chooses to speak out about for the simple reason that it all too easy to be accused of being “out of step with the real issues that Bermuda is facing”. But considering that the 2022 Throne Speec...

Dear Sir, I was very disheartened to read the article on George Scott-Smith and his story of fighting cancer since 2019, also being complicated by type 1 diabetes. Had he been living in Bermuda, he might not have had to go through the trauma he is ex...

Dear Sir, A landowner cuts down a swath of protected nature reserve, including mature and dense native and endemic species, to create a “viewing corridor” to the sea. Against the decision of the Development Applications Board and the recommendation o...