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Dear Sir,
There was a time when the workers of Bermuda had no representation either in Parliament, the workplace or by way of any union recognition — no support at all.
I remember the days when my mother went to work in the hotels. She never saw her ...
DATE: Aug 06, 2018
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Dear Sir,
There has been talk in the House of Assembly that Sir George Somers was a slave owner. As a student of Bermuda history all my life, I can find no evidence whatsoever to support this.
Sir George carried no slaves on the Sea Venture in 1609,...
DATE: Aug 04, 2018
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The following is a letter from an inmate at Westgate Correctional Facility. The letter, owing to the vagaries of the Bermuda postal system, did not arrive until the day before Cup Match despite being date-stamped June 11 at Westgate. Although the fes...
DATE: Aug 04, 2018
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Dear Sir,
This letter is directed at those of you who think that it is all right for you to discard your used and unwanted trash items alongside our roadways and into other people’s hedges.
As a frequent walker along South Road, between Astwood Park ...
DATE: Jul 31, 2018
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Dear Sir,
I will be 70 years of age on my next birthday and I would like to think that I have lived long enough to acquire enough knowledge and understanding of the facts and the realities of the life into which I was born.
My grandmother had always...
DATE: Jul 30, 2018
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Dear Sir,
The following is designed as a letter to the Bermuda Weather Service. I have noticed, again, that the weather camera, UV index, radar, radar parish map and satellite, lighting and radar headings are reading the 23th instead of the 23rd like...
DATE: Jul 30, 2018
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Dear Sir,
Recently, along with my wife and two other couples, I was fortunate to spend a great week in Bermuda. What a wonderful place!
As your readers know, the people are most welcoming and friendly. Every store, restaurant, bus, taxi and ferry wa...
DATE: Jul 28, 2018
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Dear Sir,
A great deal of nonsense has been recently written and said about same-sex marriage.
Most comments have been as incomprehensible as the reason why millions of people around the world are gay. It surely cannot be a matter of choice.
I did no...
DATE: Jul 28, 2018
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Dear Sir,
There is bad driving every day on Bermuda roads. We all see it.
My pet peeve is with drivers when they are right in the middle of the road, clogging traffic and making safe overtaking far more difficult.
Yours may be poor entry to roundabou...
DATE: Jul 28, 2018
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Dear Sir,
People, please be careful of words uttered because they can tarnish the innocent. I say this because of an incident that was witnessed on July 18 at a gas station on North Shore between an Indian lady in her green car and a gas station atte...
DATE: Jul 26, 2018
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