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Christmas is the season of giving, and this year, more than ever, all members of the Bermuda community need to consider how they can give to make the community stronger and fairer.
This year, the Island has been spared the trauma and tragedy that mar...
DATE: Dec 24, 2004
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Sharing the rewards
December 14, 2004
Dear Sir,
I?m writing to thank Mr. Randy Horton and Derrick Burgess for trying to implement the new overtime law which would see at last some fairness in the workplace.
Heaven help us, we are supposed to live in ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2004
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December 1, 2004
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Politics is like geology. Deep underground you have the lava of public discontent. This is usually only mildly discontented but it never solidifies into a well-governed structure. It's always turbulent. Occasionally it will...
DATE: Dec 10, 2004
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November 30, 2004
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The Road Safety Council pushed to make it a law to use seat belts, which would make sense if everyone had to use them, including bus drivers who have all these people's lives in their hands every day. Dr. Ewart Brown, Dr. ...
DATE: Dec 09, 2004
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December 3, 2004
Dear Sir,
During the 1960s, I captured and trained dolphins for the Miami Seaquarium, including the five dolphins that played the role of "Flipper" in the American TV series of the same name. I have witnessed firsthand the suffering ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2004
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Race, front and centre
November 30, 2004
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It appears the issue of race has once again come to the fore, with the United Bermuda Party appointing for the first time in their history a Shadow Minister of Race in David Dodwell as well as inviti...
DATE: Dec 03, 2004
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Bank of Bermuda chief executive officer Phil Butterfield had it right when he warned that Bermuda is becoming complacent about its economy and place in the world.
And he was also right to warn that Government needs to beware of expecting the business...
DATE: Dec 03, 2004
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In any society, there is a push-pull debate between those who wish some form of reparation for the past misdeeds of others, and those who want to put the past behind them and move ahead based on their own merits and efforts.
In the black community in...
DATE: Nov 30, 2004
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illiam Raspberry, the author of ?Coach more and yell less, Coz? (November 23, 2004) has it wrong! His criticism about Dr. Bill Cosby?s comments to black America are not supported by the history of blacks since emancipation in 1865 in the USA. If we f...
DATE: Nov 29, 2004
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Give awards to poor
November 15, 2004
Dear Sir,
I am writing regarding scholarships. Just a short question. Who were they designed for initially? It is very upsetting when intelligent, serious-minded, directed, young and underprivileged Bermudians do...
DATE: Nov 25, 2004
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