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The dispute over whether Belco should be allowed to increase its rates is a classic example of competing interests.
One the one hand, Belco says it needs the increase in its basic rate in order to pay for a replacement for one of its main, and outdat...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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The revelations this week by former Bermuda Land Development Chairman Ed Saunders and his deputy, Leroy Bean, demonstrate very well that the Government quango was in a mess before they took over.
With rental arrears of almost $2.5 million on the boo...
DATE: May 19, 2012
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Students have it drilled into them at endless events that they should “aim for the sky if they wish to reach the rooftops”. There’s nothing wrong with ambition, or setting goals which are slightly out of reach.
But ambition also needs to be tempered ...
DATE: May 15, 2012
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Thursday’s elections for the Corporation of Hamilton and St George’s produced major changes, especially in Hamilton, and did indeed open a new chapter in the democratic development of Bermuda.
The near-sweep of Team Hamilton led by Graeme Outerbridg...
DATE: May 14, 2012
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US President Barack Obama has opened, or more accurately, joined a fierce political debate in the US over gay marriage.
In the meantime, Bermuda cannot even decide if it is wrong to discriminate against people on the basis of their sexual orientatio...
DATE: May 11, 2012
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Judges and Magistrates are rightly given discretion in sentencing because it is inarguable that every case that comes to the courts is different and must be judged on its own merits.
At the same time, justice must be seen to be blind and there has t...
DATE: May 10, 2012
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Voters go to the polls tomorrow in Hamilton and St George in historic elections for the two Corporations.
For the first time, all registered voters living in the municipalities will have a say in how their local governments, while taxpayers who are n...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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The decision to bring in a consultant to review Bermuda’s corrections system is the right one.
The level of unhappiness among prison officers, and their stated concerns about their own safety, means it makes sense to have someone from outside the sy...
DATE: May 08, 2012
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Yesterday, The Royal Gazette launched a campaign to raise $1m for the New Beginnings Education Trust so it can continue to run programmes for the benefit of the young people of Bermuda. The target is by far our most ambitious to date.
The campaign ha...
DATE: May 01, 2012
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The recent report on drug use among school students gave some reason for cheer, since the survey showed that its prevalence is lower than it was the last time a survey was done in 2007.
But the fact that more than half the students have drunk alcoho...
DATE: Apr 30, 2012
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