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Obviously the issue of conscription for the Bermuda Regiment remains a controversial one, with strong views for against the practice.
Making it even more complex is the fact that politics has been inserted, and that is unfortunate because the Bermuda...
DATE: Jul 24, 2008
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A story in Monday's newspaper incorrectly stated that the Bank of Bermuda had donated $1.55 million to four organisations to fund Bermuda's 400th anniversary in 2009. In fact, the Bank of Bermuda Foundation made the donation.
DATE: Jul 24, 2008
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The controversy over the outsourcing of the Bermuda Department of Tourism's New York office may well have left a good many people confused.
First, it needs to be stated that any moves to make Government more efficient and effective are to be welcomed...
DATE: Jul 24, 2008
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Don't mess with dog ban
July 17, 2008
Dear Sir,
I find it hard to believe that those knuckleheads on de hill are about to change the dog ban law that was introduced in 1993. When every country that hasn't already banned certain breeds of dog are thin...
DATE: Jul 23, 2008
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Lawyers Elizabeth Christopher and Llewellyn Peniston have called for an inquiry into the hanging death of Lorenzo Robinson at Westgate Correctional Facility. They are right to do so.
The facts of the Robinson case are these:
In 2000, he walked into H...
DATE: Jul 23, 2008
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• An article in yesterday's newspaper reported that there was disagreement over the number of votes cast for some candidates at Monday's Corporation of Hamilton by-election and that returning officer John Cooper said there was no need for a recount a...
DATE: Jul 23, 2008
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After the Corporation of Hamilton last week announced it is increasing the cost of on-street parking in the city, readers responded with their thoughts, below we print some of them:
Try Park and Ride
I would be interested to know which way the mercha...
DATE: Jul 22, 2008
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Bermuda's economy has demonstrated remarkable resilience in recent years, but recent reports suggest that it is beginning to be affected by the worldwide economic downturn.
Finance Minister Paula Cox's announcement on Friday that Government had reduc...
DATE: Jul 22, 2008
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An example to all
July 12, 2008
Dear Sir,
The Premier the Honourable Dr. Ewart Brown is claiming that because he is wealthy, confident and black he is considered arrogant, and elitist. The Honourable Sir John Swan is black and extremely confident and...
DATE: Jul 22, 2008
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UNLIKE many of my fellow countrymen, I have no wish to see my country remain a British Overseas Territory. So my reaction to the UK Foreign Affairs Committee's Report on the UK's Overseas Territories, a report that was more than a little critical of ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2008
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