1464 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Opinion"
Interesting omission
November 2, 2007
Dear Sir,
In today's Throne Speech the Government mentioned proposed amendments/revisions to 19 current Acts: Fire Service Act, Contributory Pensions Act 1970, Legal Deposits Act, Development and Planning Act 197...
DATE: Nov 09, 2007
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BHC: A pathetic saga
November 1, 2007
Dear Sir,
I refer to the article "Commissioner Jackson: US Secret Service examining seized documents" in your paper today.
If there ever was any doubt what a complete fiasco and farce this whole "BHC Stolen Docum...
DATE: Nov 02, 2007
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A deliberate ploy
October 25
Dear Sir,
I have finally figured it out. The reason that education is where it is today is because the PLP Government had every intention of putting it there and has every intention of keeping it there.
Why? So that when ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2007
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It doesn't compare
October 5, 2007
Dear Sir
A visitor is a visitor is a visitor. Visitors are not all the same when it comes to spending. Yes, business visitors may spend the same amount in hotels, restaurants and taxis as vacation visitors, however ...
DATE: Oct 08, 2007
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Latest blatant racist act
October 1, 2007
Dear Sir,
The proposed legislation re: the forced hiring of black Bermudians is just one of the latest blatant racist acts of this government.
How do they have the nerve to continue to use the past discrimina...
DATE: Oct 04, 2007
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Hold off this legislation
September 29, 2007
Dear Sir:
The recently contracted study into black males will hopefully tell us why there is not a proportional representation of all demographic groups in our workforce. However, the proposed Workforce Eq...
DATE: Oct 02, 2007
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What a saga and song
September 20, 2007
Dear Sir,
With apologies to Blake:
Tiger says he just can't come
To this land of sun and fun
Michael took the tiger by the paw
That was just the final straw
Ewart took this as a real affront
Paula said it was a...
DATE: Sep 29, 2007
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The author of this article is a senior Bermudian reinsurance executive. He is writing anonymously because of his concerns that expressing his views could result in punitive consequences towards his employer.
Since it acceded to office in 1998, the PL...
DATE: Sep 28, 2007
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This is an abridged version of the speech delivered on Wednesday night by Premier Dr. Ewart Brown JP, MP at the Inter-American Economic Council's fifth annual congressional dinner with the Caribbean community in Washington, DC:
I am conscious of the ...
DATE: Sep 21, 2007
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Here are excerpts from editorials in newspapers around the world:
Daily Nation, Nairobi, Kenya, on development projects:
Since Kenya gained independence in 1963, donors have sunk millions into so-called development projects. Unfortunately, most of th...
DATE: Sep 15, 2007
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