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Flora Duffy arrived on Australia’s Gold Coast as one of the most prohibitive favourites of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She is that good. But as the wonderfully unpredictable and sometimes heartbreaking history of sport has often shown, you can only ...
DATE: Apr 06, 2018
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RG: In our Opinion
What if Donald Trump decided one day that every one of his asinine tweets that has been recycled for the benefit of the media and wider public consumption was his personal, intellectual property, and that he wished to be compensated for their reuse w...
DATE: Mar 28, 2018
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RG: In our Opinion
Quia timet. Fear of the unknown. A pre-emptive strike.
It can be said with certainty now that freedom of the press — The Royal Gazette, in particular — to look into the goings-on of the fledgeling casino gaming industry in Bermuda is at the heart of ...
DATE: Mar 23, 2018
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RG: In our Opinion
Craig Cannonier, a One Bermuda Alliance backbencher and former Premier of Bermuda, made some telling remarks in the House of Assembly on March 2.
Telling because they neatly summed up the prevailing view among this island’s political elite when it co...
DATE: Mar 19, 2018
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RG: In our Opinion
This ...
This is why Drive for Change exists.
This is why The Royal Gazette and A Piece of the Rock, and numerous other partners, have joined forces to campaign so hard for the initiative.
This is why friends should not allow friends to drive while u...
DATE: Mar 14, 2018
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RG: In our Opinion
With fame comes power. And Ellen DeGeneres, for whom there are no records to show she has ever visited these isles or ever intends to, has abused that power by attempting to sway the minds and hearts of her 77.1 million Twitter followers into boycott...
DATE: Mar 09, 2018
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RG: In our Opinion
When the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission declared war on Richard Schuetz, it rather intentionally did the same with the media as well.
It is one thing to gag a former employee whose tenure has ended amid great controversy and who now falls outside o...
DATE: Mar 09, 2018
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RG: In our Opinion
Did you drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs this weekend?
Going by the statistics, there is a high probability that either you or someone you know did just that.
At this stage, we can confidently say that anyone who did had a lucky escape ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2018
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RG: In our Opinion
“Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in”
— Silvio Dante (The Sopranos)
Sil’s party piece was but a respectful depiction of Al Pacino in The Godfather, meant to lighten the mood or ease tensions around the New Jersey Mafia who were rar...
DATE: Feb 20, 2018
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RG: In our Opinion
David Burt delivered an impressive maiden Budget statement yesterday, driven by an appreciation of economic reality, spiced with a touch of political boldness.
As the Premier and Minister of Finance, he faced the largest test of his young political c...
DATE: Feb 17, 2018
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RG: In our Opinion