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November 10, 2004 Dear Sir, I am appalled by the headlines in today's (November 10) newspaper: "Priest sexually abused boy, 15". This should have read: "Priest is accused of sexually abusing boy, 15". Who is responsible for allowing headlines which a...

Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words: Today?s Peter Woolcock cartoon on this page sums up the ?deja vu all over again? quality of Tourism Minister Ewart Brown?s latest announcement on tourism. The ?off-season? and the ?high season? wi...

A visitor comes home November 5, 2004 Dear Sir, I am compelled to write this letter to extend my heartfelt love and thanks to the people of Bermuda. I have just returned to my home in California following a ten-day vacation on the Island that exceede...

We need help now November 1, 2004 Dear Sir, The wonderful PLP promises for seniors include residential monitoring, wellness clinics, home assessments, even workshops. All of them are in the ?distant future?. I hope we are all around to enjoy the abov...

Tomorrow, Bermuda's dwindling band of war veterans will once again parade on Front Street. With each year that passes, fewer Second World War vets are able to take part; age, infirmity and ultimately death means that these former soldiers, the younge...

War is a servant to Peace November 5, 2004 At this time of Remembrance, I believe that there are lessons to be gotten from the Act of War. Chief amongst these is the fact that War should and must have its place, and that is as a servant to Peace. And...

Throne Speech debates aren't normally particularly insightful events, they're annual rituals where Government touts their agenda and the Opposition points out its inadequacies. This year it was reasonable to expect that scenario to play itself out mo...

Community and Cultural Affairs Minister Dale Butler deserves credit for his courage in taking on the sensitive issue of guaranteeing civil rights to homosexuals and lesbians. The issue is a political hand grenade because of the historic antipathy tow...

Dialogue on Independence November 3, 2004 Rather than reacting negatively to the contents of the recent letter written by the Association of Bermuda International Companies (AIBC) which commented on the issue of Independence for Bermuda and whether s...

Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons hit most of the right notes on Friday in his reply to the Throne Speech. But he got to the heart of the matter when he asked why the Progressive Labour Party was saying it was only now tackling social issues. If that w...