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As those of you reading this can imagine, it is without a doubt one of the most difficult opinions I have written. I initiate it with an apology to the Bermudian people.
It is very evident that the One Bermuda Alliance failed to provide a viable alt...
DATE: Oct 08, 2020
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“The borrower is slave to the lender” — Proverbs 22:7
Bermuda, we are quickly heading towards the most significant election we have had in more than two decades. It is important because we are going to the polls to choose which party is going to guid...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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At this moment, mainstream and social media are excited about the potential of a third party running in the upcoming snap election. As a candidate for the One Bermuda Alliance, I am mindful that we came into being as a third-party alternative to the ...
DATE: Aug 28, 2020
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The primary reason why Bermuda is such an outstanding island nation is determined by one undeniable fact: we have a large middle-class population that provides a high overall standard of living.
Many of the island nations in the Caribbean have opule...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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I listened on social media to the most recent speech in the House of Assembly provided by Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch last Friday. He offered a robust speech about a contract matter affecting us all — within the Ministry of Health, related to Covi...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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“The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe because its handle was made of wood and they thought it was one of them.” — Unknown
Bermuda, we are three years into the landslide Progressive Labour Party victory to run our governmen...
DATE: Jul 17, 2020
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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” — Desmond Tutu
The events unfolding in America regarding the number of police killings in various states, culminating with the televised murder of George Flo...
DATE: Jun 09, 2020
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“There is no greater challenge and there is no greater honour than to be in public service” — Condoleezza Rice, former US Secretary of State
I often read online and social-media comments regarding the call for civil servants’ wages and salaries to ...
DATE: May 07, 2020
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“This morning I woke up in a curfew, oh God I was a prisoner too. Could not recognise the faces standing over me, they were all dressed in uniforms of brutality” — Bob Marley
March 2020 will go down as the month that changed the world. Think about ...
DATE: Apr 02, 2020
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My first thought was to write an analogy of the animals walking into the ark just before the biblical flood. However, I will use another more recent analogy of animals behaving in a peculiar way.
In December 2004, I recall hearing of wild animals hu...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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