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Bermuda has slipped
December 9, 2003
Dear Sir,
I'd just like to comment on the Visitor's View of December 9, 2003 if I may.
My wife and I have been to Bermuda 17 times over a period of about as many years.
Over our many trips, things have changed dra...
DATE: Dec 12, 2003
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Prepare for Independence
December 7, 2003
Dear Sir,
I observed with interest the uncustomary method being used by the Governor with respect to the choosing of a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. I concur with the response and expressions of concern...
DATE: Dec 12, 2003
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The news that top Bank of Bermuda executives will get an average of $2 million each in cash and shares if they effect job cuts of 150 staff over the next 14 months has thrown the Bank of Bermuda takeover into a new and unappealing light.
The news has...
DATE: Dec 12, 2003
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Ban all smoking
November 25, 2003
Dear Sir,
The issue of smoking in public places, particularly in our restaurants, has in my view, received painfully inadequate attention to date. Action is needed of the Ministry of Health. Action is presently confi...
DATE: Dec 11, 2003
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A festering animosity
November 19, 2003
Dear Sir,
Yesterday, (I began this weeks ago) I attended the funeral of a lady with whom I worked many years ago. I mean the word "lady" in the form in which I have used it to describe a woman of aristocratic b...
DATE: Dec 10, 2003
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Government deserves some credit for backing off on plans to build an emissions testing centre for the Transport Control Department on the farmland at Frog Lane in Devonshire.
Faced with growing protests from neighbouring residents and the Island's fa...
DATE: Dec 10, 2003
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If poster competition entries are anything to go by, Michael Fox is more right than he knows when he warned last week that young people were unaware of the risks posed by HIV and AIDS.
Just two schools entered the awareness competition timed to coinc...
DATE: Dec 09, 2003
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November 27, 2003
Dear Sir,
I am writing this letter in response to comments made in the House of Assembly by Minister Dale Butler on 21 November 2003. The Minister stated and I quote:
The Minister is right only in saying that we met. For the record,...
DATE: Dec 09, 2003
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Worried about crime
December 1, 2003
Dear Sir,
Last week my wife and I returned home from our 29th trip to Bermuda. Usually this time of year I am sending you my annual Bermuda report Card on my humble visitor's opinion of your country.
Other than th...
DATE: Dec 09, 2003
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December 3, 2003
Dear Sir,
It is clear to me that the Governor and the Deputy Governor have been sent here with instructions to frighten Bermudians into Independence. That being the case we should do our best to ignore their overstatements. But...
Th...
DATE: Dec 08, 2003
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