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Wesley LeRoy “Bip” Tucker played a leading role in business and politics during the turbulent 1950s and 1960s. Bermuda’s leaders were coming under intense pressure from blacks — and the British Government — to abolish segregation and its outdated vot...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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There is nothing that matches it. What else involves walking, cycling, paddle boarding, swimming or rowing?
Of course you know, or could hazard a good guess, because the Axa End-to-End is now one of the most established events on the Bermuda calendar...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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It’s just a fact the Progressive Labour Party has 29 Members of Parliament from which to choose the make-up of its 12-member Cabinet. However, the selection process is not as simple as spinning the wheel of fortune, and every person that comes up is ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Dear Sir,
The political blame game is in full swing. Letters appear regularly in the daily paper, and electronic media, from both the Government and the Opposition, all placing blame and criticism at the feet of the other. Rebuttals and accusations m...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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Letters to the Editor
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“When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers” African Proverb
In a perfect world, Bermuda’s leaders could sit down, work together and focus on the best interests of our people. And sometimes that is what happens: we find common ground and we ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Michael Weeks
Michael Weeks, in a recent opinion, accused the One Bermuda Alliance of being revisionist. I thought it was a wonderful piece of deflection — the Progressive Labour Party’s usual modus operandi, which ordinarily is not worth the time it takes to read...
DATE: Apr 22, 2019
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Dear Sir,
Margaret Lloyd, in her letter published on April 2, stated that for 225 years mould was not an issue, but rather a lack of fresh air combined with poor maintenance. Are this lady and myself the only persons who can see an easy solution, ie,...
DATE: Apr 17, 2019
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Letters to the Editor
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Dear Sir,
I would like to thank the Dellwood family for stepping in and handling the situation with the students and the vapour pens. Tina Duke, the principal, and the teachers should be commended.
They always put our students first. Keep up the fig...
DATE: Apr 16, 2019
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Letters to the Editor
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“I wanna say I lived each day, until I die
And know that I meant something in somebody’s life
The hearts I have touched will be the proof that I leave
That I made a difference, and this world will see
I was here
I lived, I loved
I was here”
— Beyoncé...
DATE: Apr 12, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
It is interesting that the same One Bermuda Alliance that had four education ministers in five years, slashed scholarships and educational opportunities for Bermudians and, on the issue of school mould at TN Tatem, referred to teachers as “mischievou...
DATE: Apr 12, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Michael Weeks