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Dear Sir,
First, please convey our gratitude to the men and women of Belco for their dedication and duty after Hurricane Nicole.
Second, special thanks to the crew who exchanged a faulty, pole-mounted transformer by moonlight and floodlights on Satu...
DATE: Oct 18, 2016
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Dear Sir,
Attached is our family poem written last night (Thursday) by candlelight:
Come back, hurricane!
Tanks filling
Beautiful raging oceans
Excited schoolkids in pyjamas
Pets being petted
Separated loved ones flying towards each other
Airlines t...
DATE: Oct 15, 2016
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Dear Sir,
As a visitor to the island, it was with interest that I read Khalid Wasi’s opinion piece in the October 11 Royal Gazette.
This phenomenon is not just a Bermuda occurrence but a global one, as highlighted in Sarah Chayes’s recent book Thieve...
DATE: Oct 12, 2016
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Dear Sir,
The Olympic Wall of Fame is now in place at the National Sports Centre, the most appropriate location. It is pleasing to view the names of all those dedicated men and women who have represented Bermuda over the years.
I am disappointed, how...
DATE: Oct 12, 2016
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Dear Sir,
A quagmire of corruption, with the slave perception enunciated, will not blind the law with pity or considerations.
Facts are facts, and as the Commission of Inquiry proceeds, all will be revealed for us to know why our beautiful little isl...
DATE: Oct 11, 2016
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Dear Sir,
The following is an open letter to Derrick Burgess.
If Narinder Hargun is “from South Africa” — a big “if” — he would have lived at least 30 years under apartheid.
As one who would have been classified as Indian under that regime, he would ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2016
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Dear Sir,
Here is an e-mail sent in response to a young man’s Facebook question to me: “Do you think that blacks can take over businesses again like construction, which were once black-dominated, and how?”
I have to remain an optimist, so my answer i...
DATE: Oct 10, 2016
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Dear Sir,
The unfortunate problem for the former minister Derrick Burgess is that the evils of racism, despite the damage it did and continues to do to the entire black community is not, and never has been, seen as “corruption”.
On the contrary, it ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2016
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Dear Sir,
The number of accidents on Bermuda’s roads, fatal and otherwise, has become a real cause for concern. This is not just an issue that is the burden of our elected officials, the Government and Opposition, and the Bermuda Police Service, but ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2016
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Dear Sir,
I read with interest the letter that appeared in your editorial page on Tuesday, October 4 from Ross Wright, who seems to characterise countries “who treat all citizens as equal” — ie, have legalised same-sex marriage — as being “civilised”...
DATE: Oct 10, 2016
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