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Bermuda's Parliament, which holds onto its traditions like a drowning man clinging to a piece of bamboo, should take a small step into the 20th Century with support for a Hansard and a formal question time looking likely.
That's the good news, and it...
DATE: Sep 09, 2009
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Immigration tit for tat
September 2, 2009
Dear Sir,
When the American Government does not allow a Bermudian into the US because they have a conviction for a small amount of cannabis, why should the Bermuda Government allow an American a work permit t...
DATE: Sep 09, 2009
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This weekend's shooting of a 62-year-old man in Smith's parish is just the latest demonstration that violence in Bermuda is out of hand.
The Police can recalculate the crime statistics all they like, usually leaving people more confused than ever, bu...
DATE: Sep 08, 2009
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Together for change
August 25, 2009
Dear Sir,
We, the group BERMUDIANS, wish to say a heartfelt "Thank You" to everyone who supported us in our actions of June 16, 19 and 26, 2009. Due to the sheer magnitude of e-mails, telephone calls and comments,...
DATE: Sep 08, 2009
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Don't accuse the UK
August 28, 2009
Dear Sir,
I would just like to point out to Mr. David Williams, of Sandys, that Megrahi was not released by the UK government, but by the Scottish government, and Prime Minister Brown wasn't even part of the equati...
DATE: Sep 05, 2009
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WASHINGTON — Torture is a delicate business. The aim is to injure but not incapacitate — to inflict precisely enough pain and terror to break a subject's will, but no more.
To calibrate the proper degree of abuse, the torturer must have an accurate s...
DATE: Sep 05, 2009
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Larry was a giant
August 28, 2009
Dear Sir,
Your report in the August 27 Royal Gazette on the retirement of Larry Dennis as Auditor General was spot on. In a time when too many civil servants are drones, incompetent or just corrupt, Larry was a supe...
DATE: Sep 04, 2009
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"Thinking outside the box" is one of those bits of management jargon that has become so cliched that it is hard to take seriously.
But in floating the idea of changing the school year to a "year-round" school, that is exactly what the Ministry of Edu...
DATE: Sep 04, 2009
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Don't accuse the UK
August 28, 2009
Dear Sir,
I would just like to point out to Mr. David Williams, of Sandys, that Megrahi was not released by the UK government, but by the Scottish government, and Prime Minister Brown wasn't even part of the equati...
DATE: Sep 04, 2009
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The recent articles in The Royal Gazette focused around the occurrences of anti-social behaviour in Bermuda have been both timely and informative.
The comments by family campaigner Ms. Sheelagh Cooper should be considered deeply and reflected on as w...
DATE: Sep 03, 2009
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