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We welcome the new education initiatives presented earlier this week by Education Minister Paula Cox and hope they will bring our children's education standards up to a high level when compared to the rest of the world.
For too long the cry has gone ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2002
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A passing reference
September 29, 2002
Dear Sir,
Six years ago a Bermudian in London told me that if someone was seen at a bus stop, a passing motorist invariably offered you a lift.
This seems as accurate as the Bermuda Tourism's London office descr...
DATE: Oct 04, 2002
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Hester is a big fan of our Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown but she feels he needs to go a step further in his clampdown on the Island's taxi drivers.
His idea of placing a GPS unit in all of the Island's taxis so they can be tracked is a great one...
DATE: Oct 03, 2002
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Extremely noisy motorbikes terrorise Bermudians on the road resulting in a barrage of complaints. The police respond with a crackdown. The community responds by saying the police were too heavy handed and should not have confiscated the bikes.
The co...
DATE: Oct 02, 2002
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September 27,2002
Dear Sir,
While it is not easy to respond to a shadow, that being the anonymous letter writer who signed a recent letter “Like George Foreman” I will take a few paragraphs to try.
Firstly, my view as expressed in The Royal Gazette i...
DATE: Oct 02, 2002
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Last week's announcement that Teen Services may be forced to shut down its education service due to lack of funding demonstrates an alarming lack of foresight.
It is easy to overwork the notion of "if Government can spend such and such on this comple...
DATE: Oct 01, 2002
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Yesterday's report of a melee at a football match should be of concern not only to sports administrators but to the community generally.
While there is some dispute about the number of people involved, the major issue is the need to ensure that socce...
DATE: Oct 01, 2002
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September 24, 2002
Dear Sir:
Now that CableVision is back on the air, maybe we can move on to “less important issues like the war on drugs, or the way we allow some of our young people to disrespect our beautiful Islands”. I refer to September 20 hea...
DATE: Oct 01, 2002
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September 17 was the 215th anniversary of the signing of that most remarkable document, the American Constitution. There wasn't a great deal of fuss made of it. I don't fully understand why. Is there a more important document in existence, one more r...
DATE: Sep 30, 2002
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America is freedom
September 22, 2002
Dear Sir,
My wife and I have thoroughly enjoyed our (all too brief) visit to Bermuda on the cruise ship QE2. The only disappointment was the letter to the Editor of September 21 by A. Sherwall of Warwick ("Anti-A...
DATE: Sep 27, 2002
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