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Dear Sir,
My eternal thanks to Adam Zacharias for drawing my attention to the recent Times 20-page supplement on Bermuda. It is jam-packed with useful information and beautiful pictures of our island home.
One of the amazing things I learnt was that ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2016
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Dear Sir,
The recent editorial titled “The rationale for kicking party politics to the kerb” as a leading news organ is just more evidence that Bermuda is facing the same political tide prevailing around the world. In America, Donald Trump and Bernie...
DATE: Jul 23, 2016
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Dear Sir,
Walton Brown’s recent positions, which he has published since the marriage vote in Parliament, had me wondering what his position is on democratic rule and even the subject of self-determination or sovereignty.
Let me be the first to acknow...
DATE: Jul 20, 2016
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Dear Sir,
The Bermuda Society for the Blind thanks you for your kind donation of $453.00, which were the proceeds held from your Denim days in the month of April. We are truly grateful to you.
The BSFB is in its second year of delivering vision rehab...
DATE: Jul 16, 2016
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Dear Sir,
Citizens of a small island whose economy is out of proportion to its landmass understand the importance of inclusion and multilateralism.
Unless you are the UK, in which case you forgo collective bargaining to make a passing political poin...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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Dear Sir,
Bermuda has been a colony of Britain for more than 400 years.
This has already been far too long. A colony is like a child who does not want to grow up, so it chooses instead to remain tied to its mother’s apron strings. Well, mother count...
DATE: May 17, 2016
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Dear Sir,
In 1968, Bermuda emerged with a new constitutional order, which was perhaps groundbreaking given the social political order up to that point. The constitution, as a starting point, may have been useful, but after 359 years of history and a ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2016
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Dear Sir,
I read both Jonathan Smith and Colwyn Burchall Jr’s books, Island Flames and They Called Him ‘Roose’ respectively. They both touched on the topic of Bermuda’s strategic military role, particularly during the Cold War. However, that item nee...
DATE: Jan 08, 2016
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Dear Mr Editor,
I appreciate your determination to call things fairly, with an eye to apportioning responsibility for bad and good behaviour wherever they happen to fall.
I appreciate the sensitivities that must be in play when you are the only news...
DATE: Jun 12, 2015
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Dear Sir,
Senator Georgia Marshall apologised for not noticing (like most viewers, I imagine) the disclaimer aired at the beginning of Gary Moreno’s interview of the People’s Movement spokesmen last month.
We have to admire her for doing that, but i...
DATE: Jun 04, 2015
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