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The time has come to condemn and discard bad habits and counter-productive practices in the House of Assembly. It's also time that we let the people in on how their Legislature is working for them – or not, as the case may be.
We have just concluded ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2008
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Several Members of Parliament finished the marathon Budget debate on Monday night by indulging in a feeding frenzy over a column written by this newspaper's Sports Editor last week.
Members from both sides of the House, in a rare show of unanimity, t...
DATE: Mar 12, 2008
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Writer missed the point
February 27, 2008
Dear Sir,
Thank you for allowing me space to reply to the letter from Mr. Rick Woolridge in which he sympathises with Albanians from Kosovo and their illegal declaration of independence. He clearly has a poli...
DATE: Mar 12, 2008
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It is doubtful that anyone will have been surprised by the announcement on Friday in the House of Assembly that the former Bermuda Cement Company, now renamed Maxcem Bermuda Ltd., will not be required to remove the cement silos it leases at Dockyard....
DATE: Mar 11, 2008
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The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo,
on the new Russian president
Sunday's presidential election in Russia went exactly according to a scenario scripted by the incumbent Vladimir Putin. Dmitri Medvedev, handpicked by Putin, won a landslide victory as widely exp...
DATE: Mar 10, 2008
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@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Monday, March 10, the 70th day of 2008. There are 296 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1876, the first successful voice transmission over Alexander Graham Bell's telephone took place in Boston as his assistan...
DATE: Mar 10, 2008
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One of the most important things any Government has to do is to listen, and to change decisions and policies when it is clear they are unpopular.
This isn't always easy to do; there may have been good reasons for a policy at the start, and at a more ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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Butterfield has class!
February 28, 2008
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I write today to express my appreciation and gratitude to Jim Butterfield; a man not only large in stature but also in character — he has class! The cement business that he worked so hard to keep was...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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Many interesting events have occurred just prior to the last election and immediately following. It is clear that despite a powerful campaign against the PLP leader and Premier, Dr. the Honourable Ewart Brown, the PLP not only won the election but in...
DATE: Mar 06, 2008
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TODAY is Thursday, March 6, the 66th day of 2008. There are 300 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 6, 1857, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Scott, a slave, was not a U.S. citizen and cou...
DATE: Mar 06, 2008
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