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The antiracism group Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda elevated the conversation around online commenting and social discourse with a thought-provoking webinar this week that brought together an assortment of media and social-media personalities. ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
In the Westminster system, Budgets have traditionally been shrouded in mystery.
There’s good reason for this: leaks of tax increases or policy changes would lead to hoarding, profiteering or abuse. In the 1930s, a British Cabinet minister was forced ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, faces his greatest challenge yet when he delivers his third Budget today.
It was not supposed to be this way. Twelve months ago, Mr Dickinson laid out a plan to bring Bermuda's runaway budget deficits under ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
Reaction to the Government’s release of details of the Economic Investment Certificate policy has run the gamut.
Supporters of status for long term residents are disappointed that the policy does not go further. There has been criticism that the poli...
DATE: Feb 24, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
On Friday, the House of Assembly passed the most far-reaching drug-liberalisation laws Bermuda has seen in decades.
The Cannabis Licensing Act was passed without a vote, meaning constituents have no idea whether their Member of Parliament was for or...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
Bermuda appears to have survived the second Covid-19 spike that forced a mini-lockdown over Christmas and into this month.
The Government further relaxed restrictions on bars, restaurants and other social activities last week, while ending the curfew...
DATE: Feb 22, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
Minister A: “In order to combat the harsh realities resulting from a population decline we need positive net immigration; that is less emigration or people leaving the country to live elsewhere, and more immigration or people entering the country to...
DATE: Feb 12, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
Economists, perhaps conscious of the difficulties of accurate economic forecasting, are reluctant to engage in hyperbole. Even if the sky was falling, they would find a way to explain why it might not happen, or why it might actually be a good thing....
DATE: Jan 27, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
“There’s a plague that is killing Black people, at a rate that should make everyone outraged! If Covid were killing White people at the rate it is killing Black people, you better believe that everyone would be wearing masks. Because it would be ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
The One Bermuda Alliance senator Marcus Jones made the unfathomable decision this week to express his support for impeached and disgraced American president Donald Trump.
It appears Mr Jones thought his message, apparently posted to a religious group...
DATE: Jan 19, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion