OPINION

We throw money at the wrong people

While cash-rich cricket and football make us a laughing stock, we have dedicated, world class athletes in other sports who struggle for recognition and support

Letter - 'Make a stand: We should go hungry instead of giving in to evil'

I think it's important to determine whether or not crimes are really driven by economic woes.

EDUCATION / PROSPECTS FOR REFORM LOOK BLEAK

Same old gang will NOT fix education

Nine months ago, David Hopkins and a team of Bermudians completed the Hopkins Report on Public Education in Bermuda. Now, a consultant and another team of Bermudians are telling us what they will do to fix Bermuda's Public Education system.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

'A dangerous exercise in futility'

Stuart Hayward is right - most people should obtain a copy of the Sustainable Development Implementation Plan and read it.

How my student coped with road tragedy

Teenager Mikaela Smith was hospitalized after a crash that claimed the life a of a 48-year-old man. She is better now but, as she explains here to her teacher Shawnette Somner, the emotional scars run deep and she feels the pain of a grieving family.
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A white Bermudian's perspective on race

The following speech was made on Thursday night, April 10, at a Bermuda Race Relations Initiative meeting in Warwick, by Mark Nash, a member of the anti-racism organization CURB.

Viewpoint / What do you think of the bus service?

While tourists come and go, it's the island's local bus users who are best placed to rate the standard of service. The Bermuda Sun's Sirkka Huish went to the bus terminal to ask passengers 'what do you think of the bus service?'

Letter - Why do protests focus on seals? Is it just because they're cute?

While the sight of "helpless" baby seals who "don't know what to be afraid of" makes for sympathetic eco-grandstanding [Vessel rammed while protesting seal hunt, Bermuda Sun April 9], I wonder if Ms [Laura] Dakin and those aboard the Farley Mowat feel the same about the harvesting of all other …

Letter - Burchall's rant made no sense

If the Past is the past and it's a big con to even talk about it [BDA Sun, April 30], why all this concern about getting rid of the past [BDA Sun, May 2] if it can do nothing to help us change the present?

Letter - Burchall is right on the mark

I feel the passion in the writings of Larry Burchall's editorial in your paper
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Race attack was my baptism of fire

Last week Senator David Burch accused me of being racist.

Wealth and our cultural identity

Bermuda Day was perhaps a most fitting time for us to reflect on what it means to be a community and to share a common wealth and a mutual sense of belonging.

Who are they governing? Not St. George's residents

Many St. George's residents still talk about it. One voter called it a Houdini-like manoeuvre that won't soon be forgotten.

Defining our culture

Summer funerals are hot affairs, so I parked my car in what shade I could find. Knowing the church was air-conditioned, I hastened to the nearest entrance and entered the holy coolness.

Gov't. puts glitz and glamour before working people

We wish union leaders well in their meeting with the Premier today.
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The Bermuda Sun bids farewell...

JUL 30, 2014: It marked the end of an era as our printers and collators produced the very last edition of the Bermuda Sun.

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