1426 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Opinion"
January 4, 2003
Dear Sir,
I find it rather ironic that Bermuda recently received an award for tolerance from the UN, and then in a letter to the Editor the true colours of Bermuda are shown, those of intolerance, misunderstanding and hatred.
I refer ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2004
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January 6, 2004
Dear Sir,
I am writing as an outside observer concerning the issue of Sunday shopping.
When I first visited Bermuda in 1992 I was taken aback by the regular business hours of your stores. I remember trying to buy some flowers outside ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2004
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January 3, 2003
Dear Sir,
Re: 'Panto was perverted', January 2, 2004.
As a non-Christian I had always believed the central tenets of the Christian religion: "Love thy neighbour as yourself" and "Judge not others lest you will also be judged", to be n...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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December 30, 2003
Dear Sir,
The decision of England to send a judge to Bermuda that the PLP leader has expressly stated that he did not want is simply a legacy of ancient colonialism which has its roots in deep seated racism.
Many Bermudians of Afric...
DATE: Jan 05, 2004
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Dear Sir,
When England established a colony in Bermuda almost 400 years ago it put in place a Westminster form of legislature and an independent judiciary with the Governor as head of the executive and assumed responsibility for ensuring that the col...
DATE: Jan 05, 2004
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Tag day a success
December 28, 2003
Dear Sir,
The Sunshine League Children?s Home extends a heartfelt ?thank you? to all of those who assisted on our tag days held on December 5 and December 6.
We especially would like to thank the taggers, some of w...
DATE: Dec 31, 2003
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December 24, 2003
Dear Sir,
When I was a child, I did childish things. When I became a man, I did away with childish things. I come from a privileged background, with three sisters and four brothers. Having the privilege of being reared from a single...
DATE: Dec 30, 2003
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The dispute between Government House and the Government is far from over, even though Turks and Caicos Islands Chief Justice Richard Ground has been appointed Bermuda?s Chief Justice.
Indeed, it is simply one battle in what may be a long war.
First, ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2003
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December 3, 2003
Dear Sir,
When the century-long Spanish monopolistic grip on the settlement and exploitation of the New World began to weaken after the defeat of the Armada in 1588 England began tentatively in the early 17th Century to encourage the...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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Prepare for Independence
December 7, 2003
Dear Sir,
I observed with interest the uncustomary method being used by the Governor with respect to the choosing of a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. I concur with the response and expressions of concern...
DATE: Dec 12, 2003
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