OPINION
Premier is finally Standing Strong
Christopher Famous: People with money think we must simply do as they say without our voice being heard. That is nothing more than financial dictatorship. Bermudians will not be dictated to.
Letter: Forget casinos, how about a return to Shelly Bay horse racing?
John H. Holdipp III: Casinos may look good if you have tunnel vision, but the truth of the matter is the solution has to involve the people who reside here.
His dream has not been fully realised yet
Bob Settje: If Dr. King were alive today... he would recognize that his dream of "a nation where [little children] will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character" has not been fully realized.
Dr King’s words made this a better world
Larr Burchall: On another August Wednesday, exactly fifty years ago, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. made a speech that, in America, now stands alongside President Abraham Lincoln's 1865 Gettysburg Address.
Letter: RIP Sybil Young - you were an inspiration to me
Ras Mykkal: Mrs Sybil Young played an important role in powerboat racing and motocross in Bermuda through Honda Motors, a company that she owned and operated with her husband, Roderick.
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‘No’ vote would be disaster for OBA
Christopher Famous: The OBA made a major issue about university students not being able to vote in December’s election. Yet they have guaranteed the university students won’t be voting in any referendum. Any guesses as to why?
Letter: A hotel at Morgan’s Point? Not a good idea
John H. Holdipp III: I had the opportunity to read about the Finance Minister's interest to assist with the creation of a hotel and other buildings up at Morgan’s Point.
Priceless Bermudian hospitality
Shawnette Somner: There's nothing like good, old fashioned Bermudian hospitality and help — the kind that makes us reflect on days gone by and love our Bermudian comrades like we should.
Bermuda is in a ‘debt hell-hole’
Bob Stewart: In this day and age it is hard to believe that in Germany the study of economics is considered to be a part of moral philosophy.
Our debt swamp deserves a biblical analogy
Larry Burchall: Considering 2013 Bermuda, I recalled the Samson and Delilah story. Collectively, I see the new government as Samson. Collectively, I see the top echelons of the Civil Service as Delilah.
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Burton's Banter: This advice could save your life. Or at least your dignity
James Burton on Friday provided a newcomer's guide to what NOT to do in Bermuda - from not tipping grocery packers to getting addicted to rocking with Will Black.
Gambling on Bda’s future
Elaine Murray: Sometimes in business you have to give a quick and dirty answer; no preparation, no waiting for the final accounts, just a gut instinct that the path you are about to take is the right one for your business.
STATUS / RED FLAGS APLENTY
Our birthright should not go up for sale
Christopher Famous: Where does the OBA really stand on the issue of status for 6,075 PRCs? Minister Fahy is on record as offering children of guest workers the ability to work minus a work permit. How far away is he from making up some lame excuse to potentially offer status?
A bad deal for lower paid Government workers
Larry Burchall: It's eerie the way that lower-paid Government employees have been inveigled into the flat rate 4.6% 'one-day-off-a-month' apparent solution to the hundreds of millions of spending reductions that Government must eventually — and soon — achieve.
Why status deals are bad news for many
Christopher Famous: There are many Bermudians — civil servants, seniors, contractors — who regret ever voting for the OBA. Hence the OBA want and need more votes for the next election or they are doomed. So what better place to find this new voter base but through 6,075 PRCs who …
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