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Seeing tourism's decline
June 21, 2010
Dear Sir,
This was sent to Dr. the Hon. Ewart F. Brown JP, MP Premier and Minister of Tourism and Transport and copied to The Royal Gazette.
Dear Dr. Brown,
As regular visitors of Bermuda from England, my wife a...
DATE: Aug 10, 2010
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Today is Tuesday, August 10, the 222nd day of 2010. There are 143 days left in the year.
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In 1566, iconoclastic riots by fanatical Calvinists break out in the Netherlands.
In 1627, French forces under Cardinal Richelieu begin siege of La ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2010
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Today is Monday, August 9, the 221st day of 2010. There are 144 days left in the year.
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In 480 B.C., Greek troops led by Spartan King Leonidas are overcome by the Persians at Thermopylae after a heroic stand.
In 378 B.C., Visigoths annih...
DATE: Aug 09, 2010
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The following is an editorial opinion which may be of interest to Royal Gazette readers.
San Francisco Chronicle on leaked US military records on Afghanistan:
The truckload of classified Afghanistan reports released by a whistle-blower website isn't ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2010
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Recently in Chicago, in broad daylight, in full view of witnesses, a 13-year-old boy was gunned down close to his home. He was shot 22 times.
Even with a wave of youth killings in that American city, this incident shook the entire nation.
Almost imme...
DATE: Aug 07, 2010
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Flaunt or flout
August 4, 2010
Dear Sir,
In today's (Aug 4) paper, Opposition Senate Leader Sen Michael Dunkley complained of Cup Match-goers openly smoking cannabis. He said: "The law is the law and it was being flaunted in the public atmosphere."
F...
DATE: Aug 07, 2010
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Here is the full text of Deputy Premier Paula Cox's statement yesterday announcing her intention to stand for the leadership of the governing Progressive Labour Party:
A couple of days ago I submitted a letter to the Party Chairman and to the Party L...
DATE: Aug 06, 2010
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Finance Minister Paula Cox consolidated her position as overwhelming favourite in the race to succeed Premier Dr. Ewart Brown before she said a word yesterday.
The army of former Premiers, current Cabinet Ministers, MPs and Senators who lined up behi...
DATE: Aug 06, 2010
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Changing the facts
July 25, 2010
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Once again a PLP member of Parliament, or one of the chosen few, has turned facts on their head. Zane DeSilva, last time I looked, was white. The protesters who are reported to have rocked his (our) car were...
DATE: Aug 06, 2010
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Today is Friday, Aug. 6, the 218th day of 2010. There are 147 days left in the year.
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In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire went out of existence as Emperor Francis II abdicated.
In 1809, one of the leading literary figures of the Victorian era...
DATE: Aug 06, 2010
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