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Danger on the tracks
March 8, 2010
Dear Sir,
Sunday March 7 was a beautiful day, and like many folk, I planned an outing with my kids and their friends. What was supposed to be an enjoyable afternoon of walking, cycling and picking loquats on the Rai...
DATE: Mar 24, 2010
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Bermuda saw another life taken through violence this weekend when James Lawes, a 25-year-old barber who had been married for four months, was gunned down in an alley after being chased down a busy street. Two other men were wounded in the same incide...
DATE: Mar 23, 2010
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WASHINGTON — If health care reform finally staggers across the finish line, it will be because President Obama and congressional Democrats recognised — at long last — the truth that has been staring them in the face for more than a year: They'll be b...
DATE: Mar 23, 2010
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The following is the full text of the speech delivered by Member of Parliament for Hamilton Parish West as he joined the Progressive Labour Party.
"I' am Who I' am"
Mr. Speaker, I stand this morning to give you and the Honourable Members of this Hous...
DATE: Mar 20, 2010
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MY THOUGHT DU JOUR: "The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on" — Arab proverb.
You could call it the theatre of the absurd. A cast of characters caught in a hapless situation, forced to engage in repetitive and meaningless actions, featuring a cyclica...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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Bermuda has been a continuous supporter and friend of the US for 400 years and, in spite of our small size, we have been one of the United State's most durable and dependable friends.
The United States' history is intricately linked with Bermuda.
Our...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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Education Minister Elvin James' admission that $6 million was trimmed from his Ministry's budget at the last minute – and that the cuts contained in the Budget are not in fact the cuts that will be made, gives great cause for concern.
First, it seems...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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Road to a cliff
February 26, 2010
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Please allow me a few lines to announce my sheer disgust with this year's Budget, which is nothing but a knee-jerk reaction to the Government's years of squandering, overspending and mismanagement. There is...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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Readers may have the impression from reading criticism of the Budget this year that there is nothing good in it, and that all additional spending is wrong in the current economic climate. Neither impression is accurate. There are two programmes in th...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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Many people despair about Bermuda's youth, given reports of poor education, rising violence, gangs and the like.
But the reality is that many of Bermuda's young people do remarkably well. It is often the five to ten percent who make their peers look ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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