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Help Haitians for life
January 15, 2010
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The earthquake has taken its toll on poor Haiti. While the world sends in relief, can we not leave some trained people there in the aftermath to train the Haitians in various kinds of jobs so that the...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Bermuda has traditionally given generously to the people of other countries when natural disasters have struck, but the response to the Haiti earthquake has been overwhelming.
That this should be so is understandable. Haiti is broadly a part of the s...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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The United Bermuda Party has been relentless in its call for this Government to exercise greater care and control over spending the public's money.
To date, we have seen no change in wasteful habits that have depleted the public purse and weakened th...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2010. There are 345 days left in the year.
Thought for Today:
"America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Resentment is rapidly growing over a proposal to close five primary schools as a cost saving measure for Government.
It is not easy to fathom how such an ambitious scheme that would impact so many parents and teachers could be floated out there witho...
DATE: Jan 19, 2010
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Today is Tuesday, January 19, the 19th day of 2010. There are 346 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1809, author, poet and critic Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston.
In 1853, Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiered in Rome.
In 1955, a pr...
DATE: Jan 19, 2010
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The United Bermuda Party made an error in information submitted to The Royal Gazette for a story in yesterday's paper headlined 'Swan calls Premier's action on taxis 'punitive and divisive'.
It said in a statement the party said that air visitors had...
DATE: Jan 19, 2010
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Better means of spending
January 14, 2010
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I read today the article regarding cutbacks for the Civil Service. It is all well and good that civil servants are being asked to curtail spending, but there are some things that bother me:
¦ Some d...
DATE: Jan 19, 2010
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The Progressive Labour Party can take some pleasure from the most recent Research.bm poll results, which showed its share of the vote improving to 40 percent from 36 percent in the last poll in October.
That this should occur in the middle of a bleak...
DATE: Jan 19, 2010
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The Ministry of Education has been on the back foot over possible school closures since the news leaked out last week, and this has resulted in some mixed messages going out to the public.
Still, the reality is that the public school system has seen ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2010
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