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Since I must write this article some days before it is published, I am not in the best position to be making predictions about something that will be moving quite as rapidly as the war in Iraq. However, I think I can make two claims quite safely.
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DATE: Mar 24, 2003
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Recently, Mr. Derrick Burgess suggested that all immigrants be tested for HIV and/or AIDS.
Notwithstanding Mr. Burgess' claims that persons entering Bermuda with HIV can pose a severe strain on our taxpayers and the health-care system, there are a nu...
DATE: Mar 13, 2003
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On Martin Luther King's birthday in January, New York's Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, stood in front of the New York Urban League and declared a kind of war on the “disgraceful” state of education in the City of New York.
In some middle schools, he said,...
DATE: Mar 11, 2003
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Road Safety Council chairman Dr. Joseph Froncioni, in an opinion on this page, has listed some of the major reasons for Bermuda's continuing toll of deaths and serious injuries on the roads.
He correctly states, as did Clarence Tucker, the grandfathe...
DATE: Mar 10, 2003
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When the United Bermuda Party was in power some years ago, full-throated criticism of its handling of government was common. It was almost a rite of passage for bank managers, for example, to make a speech, or publish a letter to shareholders, that w...
DATE: Mar 03, 2003
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One year ago, in the 2002 Budget Statement, Finance Minister Eugene Cox announced that Government would look into launching an unemployment insurance scheme and had set aside $1 million for the purpose.
A year later, little has changed except that th...
DATE: Feb 20, 2003
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Slowly but surely, things are starting to go right in education.
For the past two weeks, The Royal Gazette has been publishing stories based on an interview with Minister Paula Cox on some of the new initiatives underway in public schools.
And much o...
DATE: Feb 20, 2003
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Change our voting process
February 14, 2003
Dear Sir
Another day in the asylum... today's paper blares out the news that our justice system is completely failing and that the Berkeley Project already has collapsed. At least the Governor has the guts ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2003
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Bermudians are, rightly, concerned about crime.
And trotting out statistics which show that violent crime has fallen does no good if people perceive that they are more at risk than ever before.
Bermuda should start by taking another look at New York ...
DATE: Feb 12, 2003
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Enough is enough
January 13, 2003
Dear Sir,
At a time when the impact of addiction is at an all-time high in our community, our public addiction field is at an all-time low. Forty percent of our current public resources for treating addiction are no ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2003
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