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This week’s life lesson came like a slap in the face.
I lost my cool. So dramatically in fact, it was Oscar-worthy. The wheels fell off, springs boinged out, my head spun round as steam issued from my ears. I ran the full gamut of cool-losing — from ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
11 September 2014
Dear Sir,
This is a letter to the Premier/Minister of National Security M Dunkley and Bermuda Regiment CO, Lieutenant Colonel Foster-Brown.
I have listened to numerous interviews and read many articles focused on either ending cons...
DATE: Sep 17, 2014
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Letters to the Editor
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By Al Seymour
There has never been a shortage of words on both sides of the political divide, when it comes to seeking public support by making sweet sounding statements, about pooling our best resources for the good of Bermuda and its people.
Howeve...
DATE: Sep 15, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Labour Day on September 1, (elsewhere it is May 1st or Karl Marx day) has come and gone, but it maintained the tradition of big crowds in Barnard Park to hear self-serving speeches from politicians and leaders of the labour movement, all praising the...
DATE: Sep 13, 2014
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Other
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Functional unity is a beautiful thing, I reckon Mr Editor. But like beauty, functionality is in the eye of the beholder, or perhaps when it comes to politics in the eyes of the beholden. Of course, we would all like to see a little more functional un...
DATE: Sep 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
September 8, 2014
Dear Sir,
This is in response to the recent letter signed by Eron Hill. May I point out that there are two sides to the coin.
I refer mainly to your comments about jobs and Bermudians. Mr Hill, the Government does not create jobs — ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2014
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Letters to the Editor
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Last week the Department of Statistics released their annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report showing economic activity in Bermuda for the calendar year ending December 31, 2013, the first full year under the new OBA Government. The good news is t...
DATE: Sep 09, 2014
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Other
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June 20, 2014
Dear Sir,
Over a number of years now I have had my child attend what was once our flagship private school on the Island. I am concerned that it is failing to provide the education that Bermudians dream and pay through the nose for, but ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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By Naz Farrow
The cost of healthcare is at last showing signs of levelling off, however there is little doubt that it is still one of the ‘big three’ issues facing the Island today.
Alongside the economy and education, the cost of healthcare is a p...
DATE: Sep 06, 2014
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Other
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It’s time for us, as a people, to start makin’ some changes.
Let’s change the way we eat, let’s change the way we live,
and let’s change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn’t working, so it’s on us to do
what we gotta do to survive....
DATE: Sep 05, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
