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Check your health cover
March 7, 2008
Dear Sir,
I read with interest the article in the Tuesday, March 4 edition of The Royal Gazette on the LCCA. I agree with the comment from a family practitioner who said that it is up to individuals to finance th...
DATE: Mar 19, 2008
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What next for silos?
March 9, 2008
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We are fairly confident that the Minister of Works and Engineering, Derrick Burgess will repudiate the story in Saturday's Royal Gazette entitled: "Govt: Cement silos can stay." If indeed he revealed a few...
DATE: Mar 18, 2008
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Bermuda's young people often get short shrift, but some recent stories in The Royal Gazette suggest that all is far from lost.
Last week, we reported on Bermuda High School's victory in the Schools Debate Competition in which its team emerged victori...
DATE: Mar 18, 2008
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This week, The Royal Gazette joins forces with media organisations in the United States and around the world to mark "Sunshine Week", an annual event aimed at promoting, defending and educating governments and ordinary people about the public's right...
DATE: Mar 17, 2008
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WASHINGTON — Has anyone noticed that Iraq, supposedly transformed into an oasis of peace and tranquility by George W. Bush's troop surge, is growing less peaceful and tranquil by the day?
The nation's attention has been riveted by the presidential ca...
DATE: Mar 15, 2008
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Honour Jim Butterfield
March 6, 2009
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Considering how much he and his family have contributed to sport in Bermuda, I think the National Stadium should be named after Jim Butterfield. And don't worry that such an honour is usually bestowed po...
DATE: Mar 15, 2008
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Burgess: No violence call
March 12, 2008
Dear Sir,
I take grave exception to a statement in your editorial today that a statement I made in the House of Assembly "came dangerously close to inciting violence".
The statement about Adrian Robson to whic...
DATE: Mar 14, 2008
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"Lies, damned lies and statistics" runs the famed and somewhat overused saying, and few statistics are subject to wider and differing interpretations than crime statistics.
In the 2007 election, hours of airtime and mountains of newsprint were devote...
DATE: Mar 14, 2008
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Support for casinos
March 6, 2008
Dear Sir,
This letter is in full support of Llewellyn Peniston's views on casinos in Bermuda. It is time we came into the twenty first century and realised the enormous popularity of casinos in tourism today. Surveys...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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Finance Minister Paula Cox, no doubt along with other Cabinet Ministers including Sports Minister El James, deserve credit for listening to the appeals from Bermuda's sailing fraternity to take another look at the increase in Customs duty on boats.
T...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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