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Dear Sir,
“Bermudian Resilience” being the theme of Heritage Month this year, I take the opportunity to recommend to readers a rather wonderful (and certainly very apt) long poem called Sarah Simon, by the once-famous American poet-novelist Hervey Al...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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I read in the news recently about the stabbing by a young man over a piece of jewellery — a gold chain, to be specific. It is obvious that this young man and others who engage in similar acts have experienced a complete disconnect from soci...
DATE: May 20, 2021
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Dear Sir,
In these hard times, I wanted to share a child’s viewpoint. We often do not think about their view of what is happening, and how hard all of this has been on them.
My son is 6 and he has found online learning very, very challenging, as hav...
DATE: May 15, 2021
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Dear Sir,
There is a beauty in numerous nationalities coming together with a unified aim. The Department of Statistics informed us on International Nurses Day that King Edward VII Memorial Hospital employs 514 nurses from 29 different countries.
Thi...
DATE: May 15, 2021
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Dear Sir,
As we enter Phase 2, I feel we must return to the topic of Bermuda’s unsustainable tax and spending imbalances.
We face difficult choices from an internal perspective as well as rising external pressures. There will always being a reason t...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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During the global Covid-19 pandemic I have been following Bermuda’s progress from afar with concern for family and friends on the island. I am relieved to note that the active-cases number appears to be consistently falling after the recent...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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There is so much disagreement among my family, friends and colleagues regarding the measures adopted by governments to manage Covid. After these discussions, I’m often left feeling that I should tone down my criticism of the measures adopte...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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Dear Sir,
Considering the following primary schools will be closed — Port Royal, Heron Bay, West End, Northlands, Gilbert, Elliot, Prospect, St George's Prep and St David's — I feel this is what should happen to the remaining schools:
1, Dalton E. Tu...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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Dear Sir,
In today’s Royal Gazette (March 31, 2021) the chairman of the Bermuda College Board of Governors, Peter Sousa, ran a large advertisement congratulating long-service awardees.
Unfortunately, in large print, he has shown an egregious lack o...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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During a recent interview with The Royal Gazette, the Minister of Education’s statement regarding “aided schools” in our public-education system took me by surprise.
Mr Rabain said: “One of the cons about them is because they have the auton...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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