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Dear Sir,
I had drafted a letter last week, but did not submit because it seemed that the Government was moving swiftly on the Covid-19 response.
I have the unfortunate perspective of seeing first-hand what an explosion of Covid-19 looks like, as I ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Dear Sir,
As much as I appreciate police officers putting themselves in harm’s way for the safety of Bermudians, the quarantine roadside checks are a perfect recipe for spreading a virus:
1, The police officers are approaching drivers in their cars ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Dear Sir,
This month you published a letter from me wondering why the Bermuda Government had failed to give its consent to the 2019 offer from Algonquin to purchase the shares of Ascendant Group Limited — the owner and operator of Belco — after an al...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Dear Sir,
I have for many years pointed out that no colony could ever be considered a true democracy if it is subjected to the will of another national that has almost absolute political control over it.
Not only do I believe that our elections are ...
DATE: Mar 23, 2020
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Dear Sir,
Over the past two weeks, Bermuda has braced for the arrival of a new, and potentially deadly, infectious disease.
It’s now here and efforts to contain it are under way. Covid-19, or coronavirus, is a disease that can affect anyone in ever...
DATE: Mar 21, 2020
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Dear Sir,
I often wonder who comes up with the numbers for statistics. You report, “The island remained free of confirmed cases of the virus yesterday and 45 people were self-monitoring.” Where did this number come from?
I have just returned from th...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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Dear Sir,
I heard from a Bermuda Member of Parliament that the Premier will consider closing our borders once a case of Covid-19 tests positive here.
Sounds like a homeowner who knows other homes are being burnt down by Molotov cocktails being throw...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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Dear Sir,
I am writing this letter with deep sadness and shock as to the level of leadership being exhibited in the Bermuda Police Service. The Commissioner of Police today (March 5, 2020) dismissed my son from the service on the grounds that he did ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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Dear Sir,
I sometimes feel that I am the only one using my brain matter. Of course, that’s not really true, but that is just how I feel sometimes when I lay off in bed at night as my mind just runs wild about the state of affairs of not just what is ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
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Dear Sir,
In August of last year, the shareholders of Ascendant Group Ltd overwhelmingly voted in favour of selling the company to Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp. The sale of Ascendant to Algonquin will have significant benefits to Bermuda, the f...
DATE: Mar 09, 2020
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