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Bermuda has demonstrated its generosity and compassion in an almost unprecedented way in response to the Asian tsunami, where the death toll has now reached more than $220,000.
Almost $1 million has been given to the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and...
DATE: Jan 24, 2005
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These are excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers around the world:
The Watertown (N.Y) Daily Times, on Abu Ghraib (January 17):
Spc. Charles Graner, the alleged ringleader of rogue guards at Abu Ghraib, has been convicted on all ten counts und...
DATE: Jan 22, 2005
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Back in the heyday of the Internet boom, a few economists and business analysts warned that the extraordinary growth of the stock market and the US economy was a bubble that had to burst.
Their often quiet voices were all but drowned out by the hubri...
DATE: Jan 21, 2005
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Good afternoon and thank you for being here this afternoon.
What you have learned thus far is intended to help you understand the rationale for the way forward, the rationale for change. It's time to wake-up Bermuda. The way forward is a series of b...
DATE: Jan 21, 2005
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Lawyer Elizabeth Christopher?s point was well taken in yesterday?s when she questioned what purpose inquests now serve if Coroners are unable or unwilling to find fault or hold anyone accountable.
The question raises a number of worthy legal issues ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2005
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Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Eddie Lamb recently described the Bermuda Regiment as probably the last organisation that can rescue Bermuda's young men caught up in a life of drugs and violence. His depiction of the Regiment as society's final line of d...
DATE: Jan 20, 2005
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I believe that it is not only my personal duty, but my civic duty as well, to respond to Christian Dunleavy?s opinion, in the Royal Gazette on January 11, 2005, regarding Derrick Burgess, President of the Bermuda Industrial Union.
I normally do not r...
DATE: Jan 19, 2005
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The above invitation was issued by Premier Alex Scott in during his charm offensive ? emphasis on the offensive ? of last week. I?ve never been known to turn down a free lunch, particularly one with such an abundance of enticingly juicy low-hanging ...
DATE: Jan 19, 2005
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For the last 15 years, tourism's problems have come down to three things: The quality of the Island's “plant”, from hotel buildings to services and attractions; price, both for getting here and while on the Island; and service.
Over the last few year...
DATE: Jan 18, 2005
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Thanks for the help
January 5, 2005
Dear Sir,
Please allow me space in your column, to thank two gentlemen who so kindly assisted me on November 8, when I was hit by a bike on the crosswalk by White Sands Road, in Paget. One of them called 911. They ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2005
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