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Sold short on pension
April 4, 2009
Dear Sir,
I was wondering if it would be possible to publish my comments in The Royal Gazette, regarding my pension.
You see, I lived and worked in Bermuda from 1971 to 1976; my employer at the time made Pension Co...
DATE: Apr 11, 2009
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Will Wedgwood survive
April 1, 2009
Dear Sir,
Your Wedgwood article was most interesting. It is good that Wedgwood has survived this latest trauma, but I wonder for how long. Wedgwood is quintessentially 'English' and I wonder how that fits with most...
DATE: Apr 09, 2009
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Currently, there seems to be a renewed interest in ridding the island of racism. Two letters come to mind; the first was sent by Lynn Winfield, president of CURB, who encouraged white Bermudians to apologise for past treatment of blacks as a result o...
DATE: Apr 08, 2009
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On Ageing by Marian Sherratt, M.A., Executive Director, Bermuda Council on Ageing
When it comes to caregiving and elder abuse, we like to think about these two subjects as being at either end of the spectrum. We like to think that caregivers are ange...
DATE: Apr 07, 2009
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When it comes to caregiving and elder abuse, we like to think about these two subjects as being at either end of the spectrum. We like to think that caregivers are angels and abusers are devils. Unfortunately, life isn't quite that simple.
Caregiving...
DATE: Apr 07, 2009
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There’s an old, and entirely fictional, story about committees, which goes something like this: A committee was formed to design a better horse. It ended up producing a camel.
Why? Because committees of almost any sort end up trying to be all things ...
DATE: Apr 03, 2009
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There's an old, and entirely fictional, story about committees, which goes something like this: A committee was formed to design a better horse. It ended up producing a camel.
Why? Because committees of almost any sort end up trying to be all things ...
DATE: Apr 03, 2009
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Concert cancelled
March 31, 2009[
Dear Sir
It is with great disappointment that the Red Hot and Blues Jazz event scheduled for April 4 featuring Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women and a tribute to Roy Talbot and the Talbot Brothers will not go on due to...
DATE: Apr 01, 2009
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A well meaning change in road traffic policy aimed at keeping young people out of prison is killing and maiming them instead, says Dr. Joseph Froncioni
I was interested to read in a recent edition of the Times Online that the British Government will ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2009
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An apology by the white community to the black community would certainly be welcomed by some in Bermuda, but I highly doubt that it will have much of an impact on race relations.
Often, when it comes to race, we focus on ineffectual means of solving ...
DATE: Mar 25, 2009
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Sir John Swan
