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May 11, 2005
Dear Sir,
I write this letter in response to a statement made in the House and reported in the Gazette on May 9, 2005. I would appreciate it if you would publish it in your “letter to the editor”.
My first reaction to a report in the of...
DATE: May 19, 2005
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Government?s announcement last week that it has commissioned a report on the challenges faced by young black men in Bermuda is a welcome one. But Dr. Roy Wright, who has been tasked with writing the report, faces a number of challenges, both in the d...
DATE: May 19, 2005
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May 14, 2005
Dear Sir,
I cannot express the depth of my anger and horror when I read in the paper that yet another child has died as a result of Shaken Baby Syndrome and that no one will be held responsible for her murder.
The news that little Samira...
DATE: May 17, 2005
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Attorney General Larry Mussenden's claims in yesterday's newspaper that Opposition MPs John Barritt and Trevor Moniz were playing politics with the justice system ring a little hollow.
If the legislature's job is to set standards of behaviour in a co...
DATE: May 17, 2005
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f we are to maintain our economic and social success, Bermuda must not become psychologically, emotionally, socially or economically isolated from the rest of the world. In order for Bermuda to face the challenges of the new global order, it must com...
DATE: May 17, 2005
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April 26, 2005
Dear Sir,
My wife and I spent a wonderful week in Bermuda earlier this month.
The main purpose of my letter is to express our pleasure at the friendliness of the people of Bermuda. We were especially gratified with the help we received...
DATE: May 16, 2005
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Regular readers of Royal Gazette editorials will already know very well that this newspaper is often sceptical about institutions that change their names.
Often name changes are aimed at changing perceptions about a particular group or institution. T...
DATE: May 16, 2005
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Bermuda scored surprising well in the Adult Literacy and Life Skills study that was released last week.
The Island was rated particularly highly in the literacy parts of the study among the six countries surveyed but was slightly less successful when...
DATE: May 16, 2005
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They were described as "wharf rats" in the 1930s. Abandoned by their parents, their activity on the Hamilton docks, begging for food or diving overboard for monetary rewards caused enough concern with Agnes May Robinson that she brought them home to ...
DATE: May 16, 2005
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In 1998, the PLP promised to operate "in the sunshine of public scrutiny". They promised that, "accountability and transparency will be the underlying credo for the priorities, principles and policies of a PLP government."
This vision of a government...
DATE: May 16, 2005
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