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Over the past couple of weeks since the convening of the House of Parliament, the tabling, debate and impending passage of the people's Budget and the media attention coupled with public interest surrounding it, I have, while balancing the media inte...
DATE: Mar 21, 2005
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As of last night, the whereabouts of the Cooper twins remained a mystery. The Police say that they have been kidnapped and one man now faces assault charges. Still, the fact remains that the longer these young men remain missing, the more likely it i...
DATE: Mar 21, 2005
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Embarrassed by Govt.
March 10, 2005
Dear Sir,
The news carried in in yesterday?s and today?s issues concerning the failure of Trimingham?s is enough to turn the stomach.
First of all you have the Premier saying he knew nothing about it. Then in anoth...
DATE: Mar 21, 2005
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March 17, 2005
Dear Sir,
Re: The many articles based on foreign/ long term resident workers taking Bermudian jobs. Based primarily on Parks and Works staff striking.
I am half Swedish, and have always been interested in the dynamics of social interac...
DATE: Mar 18, 2005
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Bermuda College president Dr. Charles Green raised the latest alarm bell over the Island's education system this week when he said that half of the College's first-year intake were unprepared for tertiary education and needed remedial education.
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DATE: Mar 18, 2005
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Costly and frustrating
March 7, 2005
Dear Sir,
Not registered? Not Bermudian?
My husband and I are born Bermudians who enjoy holding both Bermudian and British passports. When picking up my child's passport, I noticed it did not have the stamp "Holde...
DATE: Mar 17, 2005
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Sometimes it seems that barely a day goes by without Bermuda's Press coming under fire from the Government.
Renee Webb, a big fan of blaming the media, once described Bermuda's Press as "vicious". Last year, Derrick Burgess memorably branded The Roya...
DATE: Mar 17, 2005
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If the Bermuda Independence Commission has been tasked with coming up with potential names for an independent Bermuda they might want to consider "The Isles of Hypocrisy".
At times it's difficult to find the words to adequately illustrate the duplici...
DATE: Mar 16, 2005
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Premier Alex Scott made it clear this week what he thought the framework of the Independence debate should be; Government will tell Bermudians what to think and then Bermudians will make the decision.
He didn?t quite say that. He said Government, thr...
DATE: Mar 16, 2005
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Editorial was right
March 14, 2005
Dear Sir,
With regard to your editorial on HSBC/Bank of Bermuda being a "Bermudian" company you gave a clear and well presented case for why this should not have gone through based on recent changes in Bermuda's law...
DATE: Mar 16, 2005
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