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Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons hit most of the right notes on Friday in his reply to the Throne Speech.
But he got to the heart of the matter when he asked why the Progressive Labour Party was saying it was only now tackling social issues. If that w...
DATE: Nov 08, 2004
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Myths and scare tactics
October 31, 2004
Dear Sir,
While in Bermuda last week I read with interest the front-page headline of of October 26, 2004. The headline was "Independence: 'Almost no Positives'.
My immediate response to the companies is that w...
DATE: Nov 08, 2004
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The Social Agenda has arrived. No really, it's here. That noise you heard on Friday was it, the great sucking sound of the whole island yawning together.
So what was in the Social Agenda then? What had the Premier and his Cabinet so excited ? other t...
DATE: Nov 02, 2004
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October 18, 2004
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This letter is in regard to Friday October 15, story about HIV ketchup scare. I think we should not take this as a big joke. We all know how people are today. I don?t think its ridiculous, lets stop and think hard on this. ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2004
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Entirely dissatisfied
October 11, 2004
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you to voice my anger regarding the Music Festival sponsored by the Department of Tourism at the Royal Naval Dockyard. I along with several hundred other attended the festival on Friday...
DATE: Oct 21, 2004
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Recently, Dr. Melvyn Bassett caused quite a stir by suggesting that the marked increase in enrolment in private schools is resulting in de facto segregation in the public school system. Dr. Bassett concluded that if the drift towards private school e...
DATE: Oct 16, 2004
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School principal Mr Melvyn Bassett was right to point out the potential for social conflict arising from the re-segregation of Bermuda's schools in his recent speech to the Rotary Club. What is also needed is an understanding of why so many parents d...
DATE: Oct 16, 2004
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A warning from a father
October 6, 2004
Dear Sir,
I write this letter out of concern for our children, thank you for allowing me to express my concerns, over a very sensitive matter. I am pleased to hear that John (Chalky) White (a policeman) was fou...
DATE: Oct 15, 2004
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Sandys Middle School principal Melvin Bassett was absolutely correct to warn that the growing segregation of Bermuda?s schools will end in social disaster.
Mr. Bassett joins a growing number of people ? including this newspaper ? who are worried abou...
DATE: Oct 08, 2004
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Politics does not inspire us
September 23, 2004
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Like most Bermudians and residents, I am confused as to what is happening in our Island home, especially with our young folk. Without revisiting all of the negatives of gang war activity over ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2004
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