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This letter was sent to Gavin Lee of the Bermuda Fishermen’s Association and is reprinted in full:
Dear Mr Lee,
The Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme (BOPP) has received your correspondence dated 15 December 2022. Written on behalf of the Fish...
DATE: Dec 20, 2022
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Dear Sir;
A recent article in The Royal Gazette alluded to a ten-year decline in enrolment at Bermuda College, as reported in its annual report. And while this is true, it failed to make the direct correlation between enrolment and free/discounted tu...
DATE: Dec 17, 2022
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Dear Sir,
Bermuda is definitely coming back! After attending the National Trust Walkabout in St George last evening — December 2 — I think we can say that "normal" is setting in again. On a chilly night the usual Bermudian friendliness, camarader...
DATE: Dec 16, 2022
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Dear Sir,
When the subject of Independence for Bermuda was brought up by the Progressive Labour Party Government some 17 years ago, their independence-assessment report, called the Bermuda Independence Commission Report, was intended to “educate” the...
DATE: Dec 15, 2022
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Dear Sir,
I have to commend NT Butterfield Bank for leading the way in meeting the needs of its customers with having at least seven tellers working the counter during a lunch period!
No other bank is as impressive.
Thank you to the managers and shar...
DATE: Dec 14, 2022
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Dear Sir,
Every year in the month of December, numerous jurisdictions worldwide observe “Human Rights Day”. This coming year marks the 75th anniversary of Human Rights Day.
History shows that the first mention and attempt to secure one’s rights can...
DATE: Dec 13, 2022
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Dear Sir,
We all read with great disappointment the performance, or lack thereof, by the members of Parliament in the House on Friday last. It boggles the mind how a group of 29 MPs needing only 14 to affect legislation can somehow blame the Oppositi...
DATE: Dec 13, 2022
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Dear Sir,
This is a poem I wrote in May 1996 on Independence for Bermuda:
Independence — what does it mean?
Standing UP on your own two feet,
Being the driver in the driver's seat.
Being confident that you can surely make it,
Not listening to negati...
DATE: Dec 12, 2022
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Dear Sir,
In 1969, when Bermuda changed from pound sterling to Bermuda dollars, the exchange rate with the US dollar was on par, ie, one Bermuda dollar equalled one US dollar.
The exchange rate in Jamaica in 1969 was 1.20 Jamaican dollars for one US...
DATE: Dec 12, 2022
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Dear Sir,
For policy to work, it needs to be targeted, appropriate and effective. Just because birds and airplanes both fly, it doesn’t mean you have a common management strategy for them. The Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme’s current MSP oversimp...
DATE: Dec 08, 2022
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