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"Chamber of Commerce calls for harder line on crime"

Government needs to take a harder line on serious crime by maximising punishment, says the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce. Chamber president Ronnie Viera delivered a lengthy wish list for the next Throne Speech when contacted yesterday. Much of it was t...
Oct 25, 2012
Opinion Writer

"Debt, deficits and ideology"

The ideology embraced by a political party is perhaps the single most important factor in determining the policies that party promotes. All parties have an ideological outlook — whether its members are conscious of it or not — and that outlook is pos...
Oct 25, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Govt for which people?"

October 22, 2012 Dear Sir, The PLP Government is stating they are the Government for the people. Which people? In the last two years thousands of people have lost their jobs. Those that could have left the Island causing a serious downturn in busines...
Oct 25, 2012
Politics

"OBA would invite PLP members to join Cabinet"

Members of the Progressive Labour Party will be invited to sit in a One Bermuda Alliance Cabinet, the media was told yesterday. But it is unclear whether Health Minister Zane DeSilva would make the grade. At a press conference to announce the distrib...
Oct 24, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Think before you vote"

October 18, 2012 Dear Sir, I read some, but don’t contribute to the blogs as I prefer to consider what I write. My letters may not be any better than the critical and caustic responses I’ve read online, but at least they are my considered thoughts. B...
Oct 24, 2012
Politics

"OBA would crack down on abuse of Immigration"

A crackdown on employer abuse of immigration rules, longer school days and handing the proceeds of crime back to communities are some of the policy initiatives of the One Bermuda Alliance should it take control of the reins of Government, it was reve...
Oct 24, 2012
Politics

"Bermudian attends final Presidential debate"

All the tension of the US election’s final stretch filled the air as Bermudian student Amanda Spencer took her place in the audience for the last Presidential debate. High security was also highly visible, according to Ms Spencer, with each auditoriu...
Oct 24, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"A load of hogwash"

October 19, 2012 Dear Sir The PLP are proclaiming that we are all an average of $20,000 a year better off under the PLP because the Median Gross Income has increased from $38,049 to $58,049 since the year 2000. Even allowing for inflation, if the sur...
Oct 24, 2012
Politics

"OBA first proposed insurance savings, says Richards"

Sniping over Government’s insurance bill continues between the Progressive Labour Party and the One Bermuda Alliance. In the war of words over who said it first, Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards countered Premier Paula Cox’s statement that the OB...
Oct 23, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Nickel and dime-ing Bermuda "

October 17, 2012 Dear Sir, Today, I received by mail a talking watch for a friend of mine who is legally blind. The value of this watch, which was obtained from the Canadian Institute for the Blind, was $14.05. I was told that the duty was $3.51 and ...
Oct 23, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Fix unemployment now "

October 18, 2012 Dear Sir, As a young person in Bermuda, this society tends to label the youth as troublemakers or persons that just don’t care about what is going on. But what most people don’t realise is that the youth take notice of what is going ...
Oct 23, 2012
Politics

"Brunson, Smith run for OBA"

Health Minister Zane DeSilva will likely be challenged by Jon Brunson for the Southampton East seat (district 29) at the next general election, The Royal Gazette understands. Meanwhile, former Deputy Mayor of the City of Hamilton Glen Smith has been ...
Oct 23, 2012
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