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Dear Sir, I have never written a Letter to the Editor, but felt compelled to do so now. We hear all the news about those not respecting the Stay in Place order and the associated curfews and restrictions limiting us from being out and about. We do kn...

Dear Sir, The dentist Ronda James wrote an excellent Letter to the Editor entitled “Health plan grandstanding” published on Tuesday, which, among other things, made a connection between the coronavirus crisis and the proposed healthcare reforms advoc...

Dear Sir, When this awful pandemic started to affect Bermuda, the healthcare providers represented by the Patients 1st group decided that this was not the time to be challenging the Government’s proposed Bermuda Health Plan, which includes a unified ...

Dear Sir, The dictionary defines “tradition” as ”the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way”. So how many generations does a custom have to be passed down through before it become...

Dear Sir, The Government is doing a good job ensuring that people keep a safe distance and is being proactive with an evening curfew. Also the businesses assisting with health workers to get back and forth to the hospital are to be congratulated. Ta...

Dear Sir, Maybe the recent actions of the refuse collectors and now the bus drivers should lend impetus to change once we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic? Privatise all public transport and waste collection services. Those running these busines...

Dear Sir, First I want to extend my prayers to the entire Bermudian community. We are all labouring under the new circumstances, and I pray that our island home stays safe. But lately there seems to be a lot of conversations regarding kites — partic...

Dear Sir, There are several major problems facing Bermuda’s future; one of these is a dwindling population. One of the significant contributing reasons is the cost of health insurance. I have 11 friends who have sold out and moved elsewhere because o...

Dear Sir, Ada Nyabongo (1926-2020), who was laid to rest on April 3, was a remarkable woman. While I salute her for earning a doctorate in musicology from New York University, this was only a small part of the woman I called “Aunt Ada”. I lived in h...

Dear Sir, Bermuda may not be changed significantly by this pandemic, if the contagion doesn’t reach critical mass, but Europe, China and North America have already changed in ways that will affect the island, which most Bermudians already realise. On...