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Dear Editor,
We Bermudians need to take a reality check.
We are in a financial mess. I am hoping we can recover.
The government of the day is trying its best to turn the economy around but it may be a lost cause.
The expense of the Civil Service i...
DATE: Feb 04, 2015
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Dear Sir,
I read Karen Magnum’s letter with interest, and I would like very much to add my own thanks too. Bermudians and residents are extraordinarily generous; without their support the essential work of The Eliza DoLittle Society would grind to ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2015
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Dear Sir,
So a senior member of the BIU just spent $450 on sandwiches at the MarketPlace – hungry work sunbathing on the grounds of the Cabinet building, I guess.
Do they think that those of us who are trying to hold down jobs in an economy that is ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2015
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Dear Bermuda,
I write this letter to you from London. I have been following the events of the past few days and I am scared. I worry that we are beginning to hate each other. I worry that we are losing our will to care. I worry that the Bermuda I us...
DATE: Feb 02, 2015
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Dear Sir,
I read with interest the article on January 23, New Plans for Clayhouse Inn Redevelopment.
It would be great to see a new Clayhouse rise out of the ruins. It’s noteworthy, however, that although the owners say they have “new plans”, they...
DATE: Feb 02, 2015
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Dear Sir,
Last week the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) raised their definition of broadband internet to 25 megabits per second (Mbps) from four Mbps, while raising the minimum upload speed to three Mbps from one Mbps. Fees for 25 megabi...
DATE: Feb 02, 2015
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Dear Sir,
Regarding the BTUC and Government impasse over continuing furlough days.
Perhaps if Government workers higher on the pay scale continued to take the required furlough day each month, while the compulsory furlough days were waived for those...
DATE: Feb 02, 2015
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Dear Sir,
I have heard comments that there needs to be shared sacrifice in the private sector in these punishing economic times.
Over the past two years my pay packet has been ravaged by more than 35 ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2015
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Dear Sir,
Private and public sector workers are paying for past failings. The expense of the civil service is a challenge and many are concerned for their future. What is better, accepting a furlough day, unemployment or pay cuts?
Our leaders must ...
DATE: Jan 29, 2015
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Dear Sir,
Wednesday’s editorial, “Feeding the white elephant in the room”, was spot on.
We are all tired of supporting a bloated and inefficient civil service. Government workers are the only folks who have not been suffering for the past four yea...
DATE: Jan 29, 2015
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