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Letters to the Editor

"Preferential coverage? "

July 10, 2012 Dear Sir, I read The Royal Gazette daily and as a conservative voter would like to know why almost 100 percent of the OBA articles have a very nice picture not only of the candidate but the OBA logo. This is not noticed by this reader f...
Jul 12, 2012
Politics

"Former BLDC deputy to stand for PLP"

Premier Paula Cox questioned yesterday whether concerns raised about the misuse of public funds were connected to Bermuda having a black government. The Finance Minister was speaking at a press conference where she announced former Bermuda Land Devel...
Jul 10, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"We deserve better too "

June 25, 2012 Dear Sir, I write in response to Mr Walton Brown’s opinion piece “Don’t restrict voting rights” in The Royal Gazette of June 21, 2012. Mr Brown will be aware that the vast majority of Long Term Residents do not have the right to vote in...
Jul 04, 2012
Opinion Writer

"When governments have nothing to fear"

Governments around the world come and go for many reasons, including failure to be accountable to the people they serve, along with tyranny, corruption and undemocratic principles. In these circumstances it is always the people who must struggle to m...
Jul 04, 2012
Opinion Writer

"We need a change of direction"

In any democratic election, voters are pummeled with a barrage of material from those seeking to retain political power, and those seeking a mandate from the populace to bring fresh new ideas toward tackling problems of the day. It is a formidable ta...
Jun 12, 2012
Politics

"Drive aims to ensure residents are registered to vote"

The Bermuda Alumnae Chapter (BAC) of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is hosting Bermuda’s first voter registration drive. The first event in a series organised in collaboration with the Parliamentary Registrar, took place at the Harbour Nights event ...
Jun 04, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Waiting for the election "

May 21, 2013 Dear Sir, Every week I hear: Paula Cox is going to “drop the writ at Government House this week” and an election will be called. Then it’s next week, same thing; money is changing hands on this one. My own thought is Paula Cox is going t...
May 29, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Learn lessons from 2007 "

May 13, 2012 Dear Sir, I hope the One Bermuda Alliance has learned from the United Bermuda Party’s disastrous 2007 general election performance. For example, what sounded like a good manifesto pledge to combat crime was twisted and distorted by the P...
May 16, 2012
Politics

"Former police officer chosen as OBA election candidate"

Jeff Baron, a 36-year-old former police officer, was announced yesterday as the One Bermuda Alliance’s general election candidate for Pembroke South East. Mr Baron, whose family homestead is in the constituency, will be up against the ruling party’s ...
May 09, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Election can be held in 2013 "

May 6, 2012 Dear Sir, I thought the following might be of interest to your readers. All references are to sections of the Bermuda Constitution: 1) s49(2) requires that the legislature be dissolved within five years from the date of the first sitting ...
May 09, 2012
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