LETTERS
LETTER TO THE EDITOR / OUR CURRENT MALAISE
Letter: Greed has supplanted the intrinsic values we once shared
In response to the recent comments by Sir John Swan regarding our current economic status, I think his proposals are symptomatic of the malaise that we currently find ourselves in.
OPINION
Letter: You need to make Bermuda safer and cleaner
Dennie Williams: Bermuda is an incredible treasure that now needs some keen leadership and public awareness to keep nature’s environment as clean and as safe as possible.
Letter: Bermuda needs a public meeting on crime
C. Anthony Francis: It is my wish that, with other members of our Island, we would like to have a planning discussion that would allow us to assist the Minister in making the plans as viable and effective as we possibly can.
Letter: Gambling ban makes it tougher to sell cruises to Bermuda
Letter: World Travel Holdings' task of selling cruise staterooms is more challenging because their customers are unable to gamble while in Bermuda.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter: We need to act now on gaming
Tony Brannon: The politicians of Bermuda on all sides of the spectrum have let Bermuda down in regards to not giving the marketplace the right to offer guests gaming on island.
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Letter: Beware BELCO's twin towers
R. Ian Saunders: Pembroke residents and other concerned Bermudians have until 2nd March to submit objections to the Department of Planning about Belco's new towers.
OPINION
Letter: If you're a Squibb, write to me
Graham Squibb is looking for information on a William Abraham Squibb who was in Bermuda in the late 1890s.
OPINION
Letter: RIP my little Jack Russell
Gillian Outerbridge: My dog Tucker succumbed to lung cancer but died peacefully in my arms and was buried in the family homestead on March 19.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR / ELECTION IN THE AIR
Letter: Get cracking, PLP - you've been abysmal in government
Letter: Comments from those PLP MPs and Senators stating the present Government is best suited to lead the island going forward ring hollow in my ears.
OPINION
Letter: Could these blocks stem coastal erosion?
Alfred J Wright, Jr: Dolos blocks, made of concrete poured in a mould in the shape of an "H" twisted 90 degrees, are used around the world to protect shorelines and harbours.
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Letter: The west's economic success was built on colonialism, slavery and military power
Alvin Williams: So much for the magic of entrepreneurs who don't mind governments getting out of the way and let them do their thing - except when governments have to bail them out.
Letter: Our isles of rest lost forever
Clevelyn AJ Crichlow: An ex-student spoke to me about what he saw as a part of the problem with Bermuda's youth and I was struck by the similarities between his thoughts and my poem, The Lost Isle.
OPINION
Letter: Let's help Johnny Barnes
Ron Spencer writes that a concrete slab or bench should be put in place for Johnny Barnes so that he does not have to stand in a dirt hole to wave to morning traffic.
Letter: You made us feel welcome
Letter to the editor: Returning to Bermuda after 14 years I was amazed that the good manners and politeness of Bermudians is still so evident and a delight...
Letter: We've never said that we'd scrap FutureCare
Nandi Davis: Mr Famous raised the spectre of an OBA Government getting rid of FutureCare. We have never said that. We would never do that.
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