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Depending on your political views, the Minister of Finance either has his hands tied by Covid or he has kicked the can down the road with the 2021-22 Budget. Either way, Bermuda cannot afford to continue down this path and the time to act ...
DATE: Mar 23, 2021
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Consider this scenario: a Bermuda restaurant employer waits 3½ months for approval of a work-permit application for a new management position. When the employer finally meets with the Department of Immigration, asking why the lengthy delay,...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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Dear Sir,
I have been following the progress of the Government’s fishing plans in your newspaper with great dismay. The fish are greatly depleted, here and worldwide, such that any plan to increase catches goes against common sense.
The Bermuda Ocea...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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The following edited letter was addressed primarily to the Premier and Minister of Health, and has been sent to every member of the legislature, Government House, and numerous religious and community leaders
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I would like to take advantage o...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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Dear Sir,
It is with great sadness that I read of the passing of Malaika Laurine Butler-Douglas.
In 1998, I was Principal Mechanical Engineer, Ministry of Works and Engineering, at the Government Quarry, Bailey’s Bay. We had a vacancy for a truck dri...
DATE: Mar 13, 2021
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I want to publicly thank Lionel Thompson for taking care of Cavendish Road in Devonshire. Every Sunday, weather permitting, I see Lionel on Cavendish Road cutting back overgrown foliage and then sweeping — yes, sweeping — it up.
He doesn't use a blo...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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Dear Sir,
I have serious concerns about the statements made by two government ministers and a government member of the Senate.
The article on Page 1 of The Royal Gazette on March 5, 2021 highlights comments purported to have been made by Kathy Lynn S...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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Dear Sir,
I just hope that our premier thanked the British Government for sending a free vaccine supply to Bermuda, as a UK Overseas Territory. I have never heard a word of appreciation from the Premier for this gesture, but perhaps he has written to...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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Dear Sir,
What is home? On many occasions people have told me to leave Bermuda and go back home. Usually, these people are at their own low point, so I don’t take it much to heart. However, now more than ever, it’s the carefully considered actions of...
DATE: Mar 10, 2021
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Dear Sir,
Like many Bermudians, I am very concerned about the growing size of our national debt, for which taxpayers are on the hook — both present and future generations.
In today’s daily (March 2, 2021), there is a lot of press given to the finance...
DATE: Mar 04, 2021
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