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I just spent two weeks in the United States and could not help but be impressed at the way Americans cherish liberty. Students of politics are all too aware of the high regard with which Americans hold freedom in all its various forms. And this respe...
DATE: Sep 15, 2004
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An offer spurned
September 8, 2004
Dear Sir,
In your article last week detailing some of Mrs. Pacheco?s misfortunes, you included her remarks about Premier Alex Scott?s refusal to accept help from nearby Royal Navy vessels.
I remember your report abo...
DATE: Sep 14, 2004
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Remember that story about lifeguards rescuing 100 swimmers off Horseshoe Bay because of surge stirred up by Hurricane Frances? Did you believe it?
One hundred people pulled from the foamy deep by three people in three days? I think somebody must have...
DATE: Sep 14, 2004
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The mystery over just how Pro-Active Construction and the Bermuda Industrial Union have been financing the controversial Berkeley construction project deepened last week.
It is still not known if Pro-Active ever paid the $700,000 premium to Union Ass...
DATE: Sep 14, 2004
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The damage wrought by Hurricanes Frances and Ivan shows just how fragile small islands are to hurricanes.
Bermuda, which suffered last year from Hurricane Fabian last year, should do what it can to assist those islands that have been so badly damaged...
DATE: Sep 13, 2004
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Blame the men!
September 8, 2004
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Women Scorned ? Don?t Blame Us! This letter goes out to some of the women of Bermuda (and you know who you are)! There are some of us out there that need to step up and start finding out what our men are doi...
DATE: Sep 10, 2004
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Recently, published a story about how Tommy Aitchison and his wife were leaving the Island, having found that they simply could not afford to remain.
The story deftly captured the human tragedy behind the issues facing senior citizens on the Island. ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2004
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Setting the record straight
September 7, 2004
Dear Sir,
Since I was badly misquoted in a review of our recent concert at the National Sports Centre, I felt it was important to rectify the situation. I would not state that the Brooklyn Tabernacle is t...
DATE: Sep 09, 2004
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So much for a shared vision.
Monday?s Labour Day celebrations saw Government Ministers call on unionised workers to remember that, in theory at least, they are all on the same side.
Bermuda Industrial Union president and Government backbencher Derric...
DATE: Sep 08, 2004
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There's rarely a moment in a community's political evolution that marks a real turning point, a specific event beginning a sea change in how we consider our choices. Bermuda may have just experienced one, although you might not have noticed and those...
DATE: Sep 08, 2004
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