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Dear Sir,Sir John Swan, the former Premier and longest-serving leader of the country, is unquestionably a senior statesman who at the age of 80 commands the respect of Bermudians and the international community. Naturally, over the years, I have had ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2016
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Dear Sir, I just scanned the 80 or so comments on my Letter to the Editor, which was published today (February 15, 2016) under the rubric, “No longer ‘the place’ to reside”. My point was not that wealthy foreigners are leaving — especially those with...
DATE: Feb 18, 2016
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Dear Sir,
I would like to thank Pat Jeflyn, Lauren Laplante and family for spending their vacation picking up trash at Tobacco Bay. This is truly leaving the park better than you found it.
I am amazed by the amount of plastic waste found at our beac...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016
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Dear Sir,The outcome of the US election will have an effect on all of us, and so I thought that Bermudians should feel free to express themselves on this matter.It seems apparent that a political party will form around Donald Trump, to be called, no ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016
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Dear Sir,I write this open letter with some regret that I have not taken a public stand affirming the rights of gays and lesbians, before now. For many years, I have seen myself as one who supports the basic rights of “All God’s Children”, a passion ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2016
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Dear Sir,When someone with an open mind approaches the subject of governmental intrusion into its citizen’s personal lives, it would be important to note that once that door is opened, it becomes nearly impossible to shut it. The danger is the preced...
DATE: Feb 15, 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,As an historian of the period (Siren Songs, 2015), I was interested in, and also surprised by, home affairs minister Michael Fahy’s reported statement to your newspaper (February 8, 2016, page 1) that he “fully accepts” that in the 1960s and...
DATE: Feb 15, 2016
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Dear Sir, Compliments on your recent editorial of February 9, except I would entitle it “Without new remedies, no new money” because that is the bottom-line point. Your editorial well states the egregiously negative impact of the work permit rules, ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2016
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Dear Sir,
I am just saying thank you. Driving to Vernon Temple AME Church, I experienced a flat tyre. While waiting and contemplating my next move, God sent two angels to my rescue; and they arrived at the same time.
Mrs N. Simmons, a member of St Jo...
DATE: Feb 13, 2016
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