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Dear Sir,
The Bermuda Police Service has a number of “non-performing” police officers who are on extended sick leave. Should they ever return, they would have to be retrained, as some of them have been absent for many years. Maybe the police commissi...
DATE: Jul 21, 2015
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Dear Mr Editor,
Kudos for the excellent article “The West Indian Connection” by Kyle Hunter in this past weekend’s paper.
However, I would like to point out that although the writer went to great lengths to include everyone possible, it seems he has ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2015
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Dear Sir,
Somewhere around 1998 at a lecture by a person whose name escapes me, I was introduced to a curious fact. The recent comments about birthrights or nativity, made by the minister Michael Fahy, for me has brought the lecture’s issue foursquar...
DATE: Jul 21, 2015
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Dear Sir,
Night after night I watch the ZBM News in disbelief.
I personally do not care which political persuasion the owners, reporters or newsreaders ascribe to, but the one evening local news programme on television should be able to fairly prese...
DATE: Jul 21, 2015
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Dear Sir,
Do we really want to give licences to people who want to use drones and helicopters to invade the privacy of our homes and gardens?
To hover over our houses taking pictures, disturbing the peaceful atmosphere that we are entitled to in our...
DATE: Jul 21, 2015
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Dear Sir/Madam,
I am currently a serving officer back in the United Kingdom and read with interest the article in The Royal Gazette about a number of officers not having their contracts renewed.
I was fortunate enough to serve with the Bermuda Polic...
DATE: Jul 20, 2015
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Dear Sir,
This letter briefly addresses three matters pertaining to labour relations in Bermuda.
The points raised are job advertisements that require academic degrees for jobs not requiring such degrees, the need for the formation of a trade union i...
DATE: Jul 20, 2015
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July 19, 2015
Dear Sir:
I read Friday’s article about the OBA Government by your columnist Mr Chris Famous and must say I’ve read it all before.
It seems to me that the details from one column to the next don’t really matte...
DATE: Jul 20, 2015
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Dear Sir,
As, fittingly, Confederate flags are lowered in some American states, it is worth recalling what Abraham Lincoln said on April 10, 1865 as the Union Flag was raised at Fort Sumter, ending the Civil War.
He said, in part, “You have a band w...
DATE: Jul 18, 2015
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Dear Sir,
In today’s newspaper (Friday, July 17) I read the article about fishing recreation. Well, I think that is a serious matter.
We have to take into consideration that in today’s world, recreation is quite important as children’s worlds do not ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2015
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