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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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Dear Sir,
I am considering going abroad but my first reason is not financial. However, finance is a big consideration.
I have never lived extravagantly, have grown my own food for years, and have been careful to live frugally. I have been concerned f...
DATE: Oct 07, 2016
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Dear Sir,
It was disturbing to read that a senior civil servant blamed a “broken system” for the failure of the existing checks and balances with respect to the contracts now being investigated by the Commission of Inquiry.
His contention that the m...
DATE: Oct 06, 2016
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Dear Sir,
This is some information I would like the public to know about Summerhaven and the board. John Powell has been chairman of the Summerhaven board for approximately 12 years. Under his chairmanship, Summerhaven has been in a mess. The late fo...
DATE: Oct 06, 2016
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Dear Sir,
My wife and I recently returned to Bermuda after a week’s holiday and upon arrival, coming off the aircraft steps, I looked at a bunch of old, dilapidated buildings while walking to the immigration area, I was embarrassed at the condition o...
DATE: Oct 05, 2016
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Dear Sir,
After a near accident this morning (September 21), I am writing to you in the hope that publishing this letter in your paper may improve things.
Every day as I drive around, I am appalled at the number of vehicles on our roads with only one...
DATE: Oct 05, 2016
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Dear Sir,
LaVerne Furbert was on ZBM TV news last Thursday night warning that the recent turmoil within the Progressive Labour Party parliamentary group is history repeating itself.
She was referring to the split back in 1985, which resulted in the ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2016
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