In a Nov. 6 column, A challenge for Miami port, Joe Reeder, a member of the Panama Canal's International Advisory Board, explored the new trade realities that will be ushered in by the greatest expansion project in the Panama Canal's history.
In 2000, Don Carlin requested all the police chiefs in Miami-Dade County meet to discuss creating a foundation to support law enforcement. Carlin's vision included creating an annual awards program that would recognize not only heroic law enforcement officers but also those men and women who provide first-class, professional law enforcement services. The chiefs rallied around his vision and the Law Enforcement Officers (LEO) Foundation was formed. In November of 2000, the LEO Foundation's first awards gala was held. It has grown every year since.
Re the Nov. 17 article Trips off course?: I would like to spotlight some of the positive outcomes resulting from my travel to Tenerife, Spain. This initiative has generated an estimated $7 million impact on our community, with more to come.
It is hard to believe that it has been 46 years since John F. Kennedy died. On Nov. 22, 1963 I was in fifth grade at Van E. Blanton Elementary School in Miami. We were making Thanksgiving turkeys in art class. At 3 p.m., school let out. All the students were talking about what to do on the weekend. Suddenly, a boy with a radio shouted, ``President Kennedy just died! He got shot!'' Teachers and students froze. A teacher exclaimed, ``All of you boys and girls go straight home. This is a national tragedy!''
I'd appreciate being told, once more, why, as an American citizen, I can travel freely to Communist China but am unable to travel to Communist Cuba without special license from my own government.
Re the Nov. 17 editorial Stop the waste: What about another wasteful use of water in our community -- fundr...
I am grateful that during President Obama's recent trip to Japan he refrained from apologizing to the Japan...
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So the Miami-Dade School Board has decided it's time for another round of ethics training for employees. Th...
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Whether you were shocked, outraged or saddened by the recent arrests of two city of Miami commissioners, th...
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The executive director of the Miami-Dade Commission for Women is about to lose her job, based on a budget d...
As an American Muslim, I strongly condemn the senselessness and violence that occurred at Fort Hood. This n...
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