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A few weeks ago a young white male pleaded guilty to using racist words against the Police. The words were terrible and inexcusable and I think virtually all Bermudians know this, even those whose minds remain clouded by racist thoughts.
I say that b...
DATE: Sep 11, 2009
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Eight years ago on this day many of us lost our collective innocence – Americans, British, Bermudians and citizens of many other countries lost loved ones.
The unbelievable, the unimaginable happened. Yet we survived and became even stronger in the p...
DATE: Sep 11, 2009
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The following opinion piece was submitted to The Royal Gazette
It was once highlighted that it was the single parent family that had a problem with their children — how quick that has changed. It is now like cancer — spreading out of control.
The onl...
DATE: Sep 10, 2009
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Crime rises, tourism falls
September 8, 2009
Dear Sir,
There never seems to be a day that goes by without some serious crime occurring in Bermuda and the Police appealing for witnesses. The muggings and shootings are enough to make many potential tou...
DATE: Sep 10, 2009
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Some weeks ago, this newspaper praised the Ministry of Education for finally drawing the line on social promotion.
Twenty-four students were to repeat year three of middle school after failing to achieve 50 percent in a proficiency exam aimed at dete...
DATE: Sep 09, 2009
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Bermuda's Parliament, which holds onto its traditions like a drowning man clinging to a piece of bamboo, should take a small step into the 20th Century with support for a Hansard and a formal question time looking likely.
That's the good news, and it...
DATE: Sep 09, 2009
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Immigration tit for tat
September 2, 2009
Dear Sir,
When the American Government does not allow a Bermudian into the US because they have a conviction for a small amount of cannabis, why should the Bermuda Government allow an American a work permit t...
DATE: Sep 09, 2009
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Together for change
August 25, 2009
Dear Sir,
We, the group BERMUDIANS, wish to say a heartfelt "Thank You" to everyone who supported us in our actions of June 16, 19 and 26, 2009. Due to the sheer magnitude of e-mails, telephone calls and comments,...
DATE: Sep 08, 2009
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Larry was a giant
August 28, 2009
Dear Sir,
Your report in the August 27 Royal Gazette on the retirement of Larry Dennis as Auditor General was spot on. In a time when too many civil servants are drones, incompetent or just corrupt, Larry was a supe...
DATE: Sep 04, 2009
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"Thinking outside the box" is one of those bits of management jargon that has become so cliched that it is hard to take seriously.
But in floating the idea of changing the school year to a "year-round" school, that is exactly what the Ministry of Edu...
DATE: Sep 04, 2009
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