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Much has already been written about Robin Cook, the former British Foreign Secretary who died over the weekend. The tributes have followed much the same line; he was a man of principle and a brilliant debater among whose best speeches was the one he ...

July 18, 2005 Dear Sir, I would like to respond to the letter to the editor titled "Different music, please!" I work on the ferry and can say that this article is very much exaggerated. Mornings we do have the radio station on for the news and listen...

Robert Stewart?s opinion piece on sustainable development in The Royal Gazette last week has received some ferocious responses, and no doubt there will be more to come. Mr. Stewart, who writes occasionally for The Royal Gazette, is perhaps Bermuda?s ...

Explain this, Mr. Lister August 3, 2005 Dear Sir, In his letter to the editor in the August 1 issue of ,Terry Lister, Minister of Education, criticises your columnist, Christian Dunleavy, for his views on the Bermuda public education system. In his l...

Education Minister Terry Lister's bad-tempered response this week to columnist Christian Dunleavy's column calling for an inquiry into public education could possibly be excused if the standards of academic attainment in the public schools weren't so...

Today's poll showed a mini-surge of support for Independence, with those supporting the idea rising from 20 percent in May to 28 percent in July. The increase was more impressive compared to March, when just 15 percent of those polled said they suppo...

Yesterday?s report on the latest poll to be conducted by Research Innovations suggests that Premier Alex Scott ? and possibly the Progressive Labour Party Government as a whole ? is making a limited comeback after hitting a popularity low back in Mar...

Do something, Dr. Brown August 3, 2005 Dear Sir, In reference to the recent letter copied to you, and corresponding article, describing the treatment of Mrs. Jo-Ann Turman during the Airport Customs search, printed on August 3, I have only one questi...

Vacation leaves bad taste The following letter was sent to Tourism Minister Ewart Brown and copied to The Royal Gazette. July 22, 2005 Dear Dr. Brown, I am writing you this note with a bit of sadness. Less then two weeks ago, on July 13, 2005, my dau...

The continuing row over television rights for Cup Match raises a number of important issues both for the media and for the general public that need to be resolved. The first issue concerns whether television and broadcasting rights should be granted ...