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In part because he refused to give interviews on his tenure as Governor, Sir Edwin Leather, who died on Monday, is probably not that well known to many Bermudians under the age of 35.
But in the mid-1970s, he cut a swath across the Island's landscape...
DATE: Apr 07, 2005
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Blessed to be Christian
March 31, 2005
Dear Sir,
I am surprised that you would fill your precious editorial space with the long and idiotic letter from J. Starling! Could you not have found a more interesting letter to print? J. Starling: A word of a...
DATE: Apr 06, 2005
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The letter that follows was sent to on Friday and may reflect the feelings of how many people feel about the tragic death of Tyaisha Cox and the ensuing trial which ended on Thursday with the acquittal of the driver, Melanie Wedgwood, whose vehicle h...
DATE: Apr 05, 2005
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Throughout the community, our people are having a quiet conversation about the state of Bermuda. In our living rooms and around our kitchen tables, people are questioning how we found ourselves in a state where crime is out of control, prison sentenc...
DATE: Apr 05, 2005
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World renowned author and inspirational pastor, Dr. Robert Schuller, from his pulpit overlooking the congregation at the Crystal Cathedral, eloquently characterised the commitment to service to the broader community by the majority of Jesus' disciple...
DATE: Apr 05, 2005
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Just serving time
March 28, 2005
Dear Sir,
I am writing to ask why we still view (male only) conscription as an acceptable practice.
I see nothing wrong with Bermuda keeping its Regiment, but forced involvement through conscription is unethical and s...
DATE: Apr 03, 2005
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Here are excerpts from editorials in newspapers around the world:
Daily Telegraph, London, on the uprising in Kyrgyzstan:
The ousting of Askar Akayev in Kyrgyzstan is not as clean-cut as many in the West might wish. The uprising against him was accom...
DATE: Apr 02, 2005
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A story in Wednesday?s about the Household Expenditure Survey goes a long way towards explaining why people are feeling stressed about the costs of life in Bermuda. Princes have really increased since 2000 when the last Survey was completed.
And it a...
DATE: Apr 01, 2005
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March 30, 2005
Dear Sir,
In the local media the other day there was a picture of a four-door hatchback car, a Toyota RAV4, starting at $42,000. Seeing these sell for $18,750 on the Internet in the US, this seemed a misprint until seeing other prices ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2005
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March 22, 2005
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The Minister for Immigration and Home Affairs, Mr. Horton, has stated that under the Immigration Act of 1953 foreigners may only own 2,000 acres of Bermuda's total acreage. He has also stated that 1,990 acres have been taken ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2005
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