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Dear Sir,
When the subject of Independence for Bermuda was brought up by the Progressive Labour Party Government some 17 years ago, their independence-assessment report, called the Bermuda Independence Commission Report, was intended to “educate” the...
DATE: Dec 15, 2022
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Every year in the month of December, numerous jurisdictions worldwide observe “Human Rights Day”. This coming year marks the 75th anniversary of Human Rights Day.
History shows that the first mention and attempt to secure one’s rights can...
DATE: Dec 13, 2022
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Dear Sir,
I read with a sense of dismay the article on roadside sobriety testing.
I have been a fractional owner on this beautiful island for some eight years. To that end, my wife and I spend up to six weeks a year here. As part of our holiday, we a...
DATE: Sep 21, 2022
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Dear Sir,
All of our children would have started their new school year by this week. From preschool to college-aged, our children are energetic, smart, enthusiastic, loving and loaded with positive potential.
I have just attended the first day school...
DATE: Sep 15, 2022
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Dear Sir,
Five hundred and sixty-seven thousand dollars. This is the amount of taxpayer dollars the Minister of Finance has earmarked in last month’s $15 million economic relief package, for financial aid for every student enrolled in public school, ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2022
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Dear Sir,
Why is it that all politicians have selective memories? Maybe some have not been around as long as some of our senior citizens.
May I remind the government senator Owen Darrell (“Forget me not: the OBA’s amnesia” — The Royal Gazette, May 24...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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Dear Sir,
Surely this must be a most difficult time for the rank-and-file membership of the Progressive Labour Party. All that they were against and voted against in 2017 and 2020 is now coming back to them as necessary for “their future success”. Wh...
DATE: Apr 30, 2022
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Dear Sir,
I was informed this week that my 11-year-old son had to quarantine because of positive Covid cases in his class, even though he had tested negative, wears a mask all day while inside, and participates in the twice-weekly antigen testing reg...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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In September 2019, my son started at Clearwater Middle School. They were fine up until November 2019, when the staff became disgruntled about not being heard by the Ministry of Education about their concerns about possible asbestos in the b...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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The late, great Larry Burchall wrote about many things in his Bermuda Sun opinion pieces. His voice was a powerful one over 15 or so years and, sadly, many of his grave economic predictions have come to pass. Here is one that concerns every...
DATE: Feb 12, 2022
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