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One way of looking at general elections is to imagine that voters are bus passengers waiting for the right bus to come along in order to reach their desired destination.
Most of us have heard of people catching the wrong bus, through not checking the...
DATE: Dec 06, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
November 26, 2011
Dear Sir,
Elections are only a government promise away. It is a moment of gloom for all of us when we must distinguish between gradations of shoddy and decide the least shoddy. Elections in Bermuda are a time when pride-in-country g...
DATE: Dec 06, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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There was good news in the House of Assembly on Friday when Economy Minister Patrice Minors announced that one of the worst decisions made in the last ten years was being “relaxed”.
This was the “return to sender” rule for minor address mistakes. De...
DATE: Dec 05, 2011
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Editorials
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The composite case examples are based on two Bermuda residents who do not have US citizenship, US tax liabilities associated with foreign pensions, exempt company employers or other multinational, multi jurisdictional issues that require complex plan...
DATE: Dec 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
November 24, 2011
Dear Sir,
Allow me to discuss the future of a Bermuda that we all speak about but don’t travel the lip service road to get there. I’m talking about the last bastion of the old ways that divided us and continues to be a thorn in all ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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It is hard not to be ambivalent about the idea of decriminalisation of drugs, or even of relaxing conviction and sentencing guidelines.
On the one hand, it is surely obvious that the “war on drugs” is not working. Making drug addicts criminals has in...
DATE: Dec 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Editorials
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November 23, 2011
Dear Sir,
This afternoon, I made the infinitely regrettable mistake of taking a No.8 bus to the vicinity of a client's home, commencing from the new bus depot in town. It was a time of day when tourists and long-suffering local citi...
DATE: Nov 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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Happy Thanksgiving Bermuda! Bermuda doesn't really celebrate Thanksgiving the way our American and Canadian cousins do but I see and note that more and more people here are acknowledging the holidays.
This concept of giving thanks led me to consider ...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
November 23, 2011
Dear Sir,
Please allow me to share my thoughts on the People’s Government.
These are some of them:
1) Reduce spending on the police service and public education
2) Have helped create an environment where International Business feel...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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November 17, 2011
Dear Sir,
I recently asked what Bermuda’s future was likely to be if we do not address the enormous economic and psychological disparities between the black and white Communities. The leader of the new Opposition gave his opinion wh...
DATE: Nov 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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