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There's no question that Bermuda must do a much better job providing affordable, accessible and improved health care options for its seniors. Unfortunately, it's now clear that Government's FutureCare programme, at least in its current form, is not t...
DATE: Oct 06, 2009
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Sixteen months ago, in June 2008, this newspaper said the following in an editorial: "Lawyers Elizabeth Christopher and Llewellyn Peniston have called for an inquiry into the hanging death of Lorenzo Robinson at Westgate Correctional Facility.
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DATE: Oct 05, 2009
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BOSTON — My favourite moment so far in the health care debate was when Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl argued against mandating maternity benefits as part of a basic insurance coverage. "I don't need maternity care," he blurted out. At which point, Michigan's D...
DATE: Oct 05, 2009
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We need another view
September 30, 2009
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First of all, I would like to applaud The Royal Gazette for the multiple addiction themed articles during Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. I'm sure they have succeeded in drawing much neede...
DATE: Oct 05, 2009
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Turn it around...
October 1, 2009
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The issue of the Uighurs continues to dribble on and on. One of my friends (an ardent PLP supporter) gave me a lecture the other day. Essentially he told me to ignore the politics, and just think about it f...
DATE: Oct 03, 2009
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F or those who are unable or unwilling to call it quits, when it comes to smoking, this column might not be in harmony with your stance on this highly sensitive issue.
Around the world the noose is tightening for those who oppose efforts to create a ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2009
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Obfuscation or deception?
October 1 2009
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Re: Bermuda Employers' Council – No Discrimination
Your article of September 30, 2009 concerning the position of the Bermuda Employers' Council with respect to discrimination in employment of blacks ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2009
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The recent Employment Survey and the recent stories in The Royal Gazette on income disparities between blacks and whites in Bermuda points up the issue that remains at the heart of the Island's racial divide.
That the income gap remains wide between ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2009
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I hear many people talking about the UBP "Break up". I don't believe it has been a break up but dissolution. A "break up" implies that there were irreconcilable differences between various groups within the party. Dissolution suggests that whereas th...
DATE: Oct 01, 2009
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Gazette did its job
September 24, 2009
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The PLP works very hard to position The Royal Gazette as being the media wing of the UBP. Perversely, the UBP used to mete out the same disdain. This allows the parties to pretend that any critical re...
DATE: Oct 01, 2009
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