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Dear Sir, I feel like a broken record, going round and round but getting nowhere. Your report concerning a roadside hedge at an accident hotspot makes me wonder what the politicians are really concerned about — getting problems solved or their politi...

Dear Sir, “Bermudian Resilience” being the theme of Heritage Month this year, I take the opportunity to recommend to readers a rather wonderful (and certainly very apt) long poem called Sarah Simon, by the once-famous American poet-novelist Hervey Al...

Dear Sir, No amount of rational appeal concerning the recklessness on our roads gets any traction whatsoever with the offenders, who seem to feel it is their right to drive as fast as they jolly well please, notwithstanding our speed limit mandated i...

Dear Sir, The following edited letter was sent originally to Richard Quinn, the manager of Cambridge Beaches. I worked in Bermuda for many years back in the early 1990s through 2000s. I worked with a local Bermudian there on several resorts and hote...

Dear Sir, I read in the news recently about the stabbing by a young man over a piece of jewellery — a gold chain, to be specific. It is obvious that this young man and others who engage in similar acts have experienced a complete disconnect from soci...

Dear Sir, In these hard times, I wanted to share a child’s viewpoint. We often do not think about their view of what is happening, and how hard all of this has been on them. My son is 6 and he has found online learning very, very challenging, as hav...

Dear Sir, There is a beauty in numerous nationalities coming together with a unified aim. The Department of Statistics informed us on International Nurses Day that King Edward VII Memorial Hospital employs 514 nurses from 29 different countries. Thi...

Dear Sir, As we enter Phase 2, I feel we must return to the topic of Bermuda’s unsustainable tax and spending imbalances. We face difficult choices from an internal perspective as well as rising external pressures. There will always being a reason t...

Dear Sir, During the global Covid-19 pandemic I have been following Bermuda’s progress from afar with concern for family and friends on the island. I am relieved to note that the active-cases number appears to be consistently falling after the recent...

Dear Sir, Today’s front-page story in the newspaper (May 3, 2021) about the “Bermuda freedom car/bike rally” caught my attention. A few things bothered me. First, you failed to catch the not-so-disguised profanity on the young lady’s T-shirt. That d...