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Setting the record straight
March 30, 2005
Dear Sir,
I am grateful for the opportunity to reply to the letter on March 30 from Bill Nearon concerning the deportation of Kenith Bulford by private jet from Jamaica to Bermuda. Since 9/11, most commercia...
DATE: Apr 08, 2005
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He earned our respect
April 4, 2005
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you regarding the story on Major Herman Eve's retirement from the Regiment. I am now 48 years old, but when I was 16 I joined Junior Leaders, the cadet corps for the Bermuda Regiment. Sgt....
DATE: Apr 07, 2005
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Just serving time
March 28, 2005
Dear Sir,
I am writing to ask why we still view (male only) conscription as an acceptable practice.
I see nothing wrong with Bermuda keeping its Regiment, but forced involvement through conscription is unethical and s...
DATE: Apr 03, 2005
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March 30, 2005
Dear Sir,
In the local media the other day there was a picture of a four-door hatchback car, a Toyota RAV4, starting at $42,000. Seeing these sell for $18,750 on the Internet in the US, this seemed a misprint until seeing other prices ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2005
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Disillusioned with BIC
March 24, 2005
Dear Sir,
I must add my voice to Peter Forster's letter copied to you and published in your March 23 edition.
First, the venues for the meetings scheduled from March 24 to the 31 are totally inappropriate if the ...
DATE: Mar 30, 2005
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March 22, 2005
Dear Sir,
I had to write a letter to the Editor hoping that parents would read it and act accordingly. The other day I witnessed a little girl no more than six years of age on Palmetto Road waiting to cross the street.
Unfortunately, t...
DATE: Mar 29, 2005
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If the first public meeting on Independence is anything to go by, attendees should be prepared to hear very little that they don?t already know and, when asking questions, to be prepared to be told by the Bermuda Independence Commission that it does ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2005
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March 21, 2005
Dear Sir,
"The truth shall set you free".
The truth may not always please one or saturate one with happiness, but it should stop the vilification that is going on right now in the public forum. I do feel moved to clear up the matter of...
DATE: Mar 28, 2005
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Embarrassed by Govt.
March 10, 2005
Dear Sir,
The news carried in in yesterday?s and today?s issues concerning the failure of Trimingham?s is enough to turn the stomach.
First of all you have the Premier saying he knew nothing about it. Then in anoth...
DATE: Mar 21, 2005
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March 17, 2005
Dear Sir,
Re: The many articles based on foreign/ long term resident workers taking Bermudian jobs. Based primarily on Parks and Works staff striking.
I am half Swedish, and have always been interested in the dynamics of social interac...
DATE: Mar 18, 2005
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