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The latest Government embarrassment over banning gaming machines demonstrates the perils and pitfalls of taking an ad hoc approach to the whole question of gambling.
For several years now, this newspaper has been advocating a full review of the issue...
DATE: Jun 18, 2004
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Independence activists who bemoaned the lack of passion for the issue at this week's Bermuda Industrial Union should listen more carefully to the "youngest" member of the panel, Chris Smith.
Mr. Smith, the moderator, who is in his late 30s, said most...
DATE: Jun 18, 2004
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June 8, 2004
Dear Sir,
We, the undersigned, wish to express publicly our support for the Bermuda National Gallery, its leadership and especially our appreciation for the present BNG Biennial exhibition.
Contrary to recent reports in the local newspap...
DATE: Jun 18, 2004
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In an article which appeared in last Friday's newspaper headlined 'The damaging legacy of lobster pots to our corals' Dr. Robbie Smith was named as a former lecturer at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research (BBSR). Though also teaching overseas...
DATE: Jun 17, 2004
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Auditor General Larry Dennis' annual naming and shaming of companies who fail to pay taxes and pension contributions is becoming as much a ritual of early summer as the Queen's Birthday Parade.
The exception was last year when the calling of the Gene...
DATE: Jun 17, 2004
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June 9, 2004
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When the excitement over the announcement of a housing plan wears off and the practicality selling the units rolls around, who in their right mind is going to pay market rate, somewhere north of $500,000, for a home nearly iden...
DATE: Jun 17, 2004
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The next time you?re in TCD waiting to fork out your taxes to the Government, take a look at the notice posted on the window of every kiosk.
This seemingly innocuous note states that every payment made to the Accountant General must be confirmed by a...
DATE: Jun 17, 2004
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An article in the Saturday, June 12 edition of The Royal Gazette listed Queen's Certificate and Badge of Honour recipient Cynthia DeSilva as being Nurse of the Year. Mrs. DeSilva said she was nominated but lost out to Rhonda Daniels.
DATE: Jun 16, 2004
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How long does it take for the Government to admit it made a mistake?
Cynics would say a year and $101 million isn?t enough, based on Government?s continued defence of its management of the new Berkeley Institute.
Having ignored his own technical offi...
DATE: Jun 16, 2004
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I'm not one of those who feel the English language should be saved from slang.
On the contrary, I think slang and new words are an embodiment of the inventiveness of the human race. A new circumstance in life arises and, without anyone having to lift...
DATE: Jun 16, 2004
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