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Dear Sir,
I wonder how many people read the Letter to the Editor, entitled “An ode to Richards”. What a brilliant and incisive letter in honour of a real statesman who has done so much for this country.
Unfortunately, it appears not everyone recognis...
DATE: Jul 31, 2017
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Dear Sir,
The following poem is submitted in recognition of the contributions of Bob Richards as Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier.
Bermuda Stone
Durable, valuable, and increasingly rare material in our society
You protected these shores agains...
DATE: Jul 28, 2017
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Dear Sir,
Again I’m writing, hoping you will allow me to express my gratitude to all those wonderful individuals involved in making the America’s Cup the success it was.
I’m sure I can speak for the many thousands of people here in Bermuda that witne...
DATE: Jul 28, 2017
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Dear Sir,
Please allow me space to offer my opinion on the St George’s Cup Match team.
Because of OJ Pitcher’s illness and the uncertainty that he will be fit and available, and because St George’s shunned Delyone Borden last year and won’t do everyt...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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Dear Sir,
A harsh awakening, and sadly no time now to balance the budget of a brilliant finance minister, Bob Richards, and a fine premier, Michael Dunkley, and his ministers to guide them through a minefield of mismanagement and ignorance that was l...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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Dear Sir,
The voters are indeed a fickle lot. Take for example, Bob Richards, who took on the “poisoned chalice” of the Ministry of Finance and the mess left by his predecessors of the Progressive Labour Party.
He did a fantastic job under very tryi...
DATE: Jul 26, 2017
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Dear Sir,
As one who otherwise agrees with Robert Pires, I find it puzzling that he began his recent letter in defence of businesses against progressive government by lamenting our times to be one of “Trumpian attacks on truth and the media”.
Is he u...
DATE: Jul 26, 2017
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Dear Sir,
Your opinion piece today (The Royal Gazette, July 25) was 20/20 hindsight; it is very easy now to lambast the One Bermuda Alliance for its Pathways to Status initiative. If I remember correctly, it released a document with the intention of ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2017
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Dear Sir,
I find it surprising in this day of Trumpian attacks on truth and the media that a member of the media would suggest that my point of view should be suppressed when the media itself generally, and The Royal Gazette particularly, struggled t...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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Dear Sir,
I quote the Sam Strangeways article in The Royal Gazette on July 22. She attributed “two Bermudas” as a reference not to race but to the “haves and have-notes” in society. They are the same, so why try to draw a distinction?
The vast major...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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