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On Labour Day, I said Bermuda must make our time together an era of collaboration.
I said that because I believe our progress rests on us working better together. Bermuda needs the best efforts from all our people to dig the Island out of a hole that...
DATE: Sep 20, 2013
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I’d like to address a serious issue facing Bermudians today. Let me explain. I have only just made peace with the fact that I live so far West. My family has moved house four times since I was born, each house further away from town than the on...
DATE: Sep 18, 2013
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Member, Privatisation & Outsourcing Committee, SAGE Commission
The young people I teach at Bermuda College are largely unaware of the existence of a Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission.
They are, however, aware of the debt problem:...
DATE: Sep 18, 2013
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Census reports for 2000 and 2010 show that the number of Bermuda’s population aged 65 years and over (our “seniors”) increased from 6,722 in 2000 to 8,683 in 2010. This is an increase of 29.17 percent in ten years.
During that period, the number of s...
DATE: Sep 05, 2013
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Due to a copy error, a picture caption in yesterday’s edition wrongly stated that former Premier Sir John Swan had been present in Washington, DC, on the occasion of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. In fact...
DATE: Aug 29, 2013
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Today, August 28, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the historic ‘March on Washington’ during which Martin Luther King delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. The Drum Major gave voice to a vision that resonated immediately across the globe; ...
DATE: Aug 28, 2013
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On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the historic march on Washington that culminated in Dr Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
Today marks one of the most important anniversaries in the history of the United States. Fifty years ago...
DATE: Aug 28, 2013
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August 25, 2013
Dear Sir,
I write this letter on behalf of all of the affected residents, drivers, riders, passengers and all others who have had to endure the road closures on Marsh Folly since March, and Angle Street since April, of this year. I fi...
DATE: Aug 26, 2013
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I was sitting at my desk at work when I got a phone call from the Minister of Finance, Bob Richards. I thought it suspicious that he was calling me but was intrigued nonetheless by the personal call.
Minister Richards asked me to join the SAGE Commi...
DATE: Aug 21, 2013
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2013 VIP Sunshine Award winner given a ‘staycation’ at Fairmont Southampton
By Patrick Burgess
Veteran bus driver James (Jimi) Tweed received his VIP Sunshine Award Pin, a special lunch with the Minister of Tourism for his efforts.
Mr Tweed was hono...
DATE: Aug 20, 2013
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