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In the January 30 edition of The Royal Gazette we reported the Dockyard cruise ship pier capital project was originally supposed to cost $35 million but cost taxpayers $65 million.
To clarify the 2007-08 Budget set aside $20 million to be spent that ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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Today is Wednesday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2010. There are 331 days left in the year.
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In 1959, rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. An A...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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The Royal Gazette recently published an article comparing "capital project overruns" by the former United Bermuda Party Government and the current Progressive Labour Party Government, using Budget data for support.
As written, this analysis gives the...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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Golf path long enough
February 1, 2010
Dear Sir,
In today's edition of The Royal Gazette, Mr. Robinson expressed his outrage over the cost of the cart path at Port Royal. Mr. Robinson freely admits "I don't know how big the pathway is but for that pr...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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Keep Bermuda heavenly
December 7, 2009
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I am a Bermuda lover, since the moment my feet touched the pink sand just following Emily, the hurricane, in September of 1987, I yearned for a job in Mark Twain's quotable place, "You have to go throu...
DATE: Feb 02, 2010
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Another orphanage
January 28, 2010
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I agree with Government's proposed anti-gang and anti-gun legislation to a degree and commend them for trying to pull out all the stops, albeit way too late. However, the proposal to fine parents for negli...
DATE: Feb 02, 2010
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@rh24bold:Today in History
Today is Tuesday, February 2, the 33rd day of 2010. There are 332 days left in the year. This is Groundhog Day.
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In 1536, present-day Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded by Pedro de Mendoza of Spain.
In 1653, ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2010
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Various politicians, reporters and columnists now quote the sobering statistic that the number of persons aged 65 and older will double to 22 percent of our population by 2030. There is still much work to be done, however, in understanding and planni...
DATE: Feb 02, 2010
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Increasingly dismayed
December 20, 2009
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I am one of those lucky British Police officers fortunate enough to have served on contract over in your Country. I joined in 1988 and served for five years leaving in 1993 to return to the United Kin...
DATE: Feb 01, 2010
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Today is Monday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2010. There are 333 days left in the year.
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In1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., which refused to serve them; ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2010
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