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The events that preceded last week's Remembrance Day ceremony could only throw a pall over a day that is supposed to be for the honouring of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in a time of war. The squabbling over who has the right to sell poppies...

Talent will succeed November 2, 2007 Dear Sir, Normally I wouldn't respond to a letter from someone who hides behind a pseudonym, but a recent letter from 'Gatha's Son' demands a reply. I won't speak for the people of Alabama or Nigeria or any of the...

If the Government had not called its long-awaited election a few days ago, the House of Assembly would have met last week on Friday. Many members of the public will know that formally asking questions in the House of Assembly, whose rules stipulate t...

Harold Darrell is a hero November 2, 2007 Dear Sir, I would like to nominate a real national hero in advance of May 24, 2008's National Hero's Day – Mr. Harold (Son of the Soil) Darrell. Thank you Mr. Darrell, for your personal sacrifice and selfles...

Interesting omission November 2, 2007 Dear Sir, In today's Throne Speech the Government mentioned proposed amendments/revisions to 19 current Acts: Fire Service Act, Contributory Pensions Act 1970, Legal Deposits Act, Development and Planning Act 197...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) ¿ Strike fast, eliminate the enemy, and get out quickly. President Pervez Musharraf, the former commando, often talks in those terms about operations against al Qaeda militants. For the past few days Pakistan's military leader has...

No disquiet around Brown October 31, 2007 Dear Sir, I find Matthew Taylor's introductory sentence in the article entitled "PLP insider claims Dr. Brown has lost a lot of credibility'' quite interesting. Mr. Taylor writes that Progressive Labour Party...

TODAY is Thursday, November 8, the 312th day of 2007. There are 53 days left in the year. ON THIS DATE In 1932, New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated incumbent Herbert Hoover for the US presidency. In 1960, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kenne...

With the very real risk that Premier Ewart Brown will add this editorial to his dossier of evidence that this newspaper is biased towards the United Bermuda Party, it must be said that at first glance the Opposition's "mini-platform" contains a lot o...

WASHINGTON - I can't summon any schadenfreude for Oprah Winfrey, just sympathy - both for her good intentions and her determination to live up to them. And I pity anyone foolish enough to stand in her way. I did wince on Monday when she called allega...