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The public will take a leap of faith that the Bermuda Gombey Council’s intervention has the desired effect after the unseemly events of Monday
DATE: Jan 06, 2023
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RG: In our Opinion
Inevitably, editorials on Christmas Eve look back on the past 12 months. For the past few years it has been a struggle to find much positive to say about Bermuda’s recent past.
Economic stagnation, the travails of Covid-19 and rising crime cast a pa...
DATE: Dec 24, 2022
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RG: In our Opinion
Today’s Royal Gazette has an in-depth look at Bermuda’s efforts to add a new pillar to its economy through financial technology, cryptocurrencies and blockchain, the underlying technology for digital coins. Five years after Bermuda’s fintech revoluti...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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RG: In our Opinion
Bermuda’s political parties conjure up images of two different cars. One has a stylish body and looks good, but is severely underpowered, while the other has a good working engine, but a terrible blocky shape and not enough style to make it appealing...
DATE: Dec 14, 2022
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RG: In our Opinion
Perhaps bruised by previous efforts to bring about Independence for Bermuda, the Progressive Labour Party Government has taken a different approach with the release of the Corbin report.
But it seems unlikely that this effort will be any more succes...
DATE: Dec 12, 2022
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RG: In our Opinion
For those who don’t follow these things with the avidity of a football fan during a World Cup, Jason Hayward announced last week that GDP had shrunk by 1.7 per cent in real terms compared with the same April to June period in 2021.
The reason, the M...
DATE: Nov 29, 2022
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RG: In our Opinion
Anyone expecting an overarching plan to dramatically improve Bermuda’s moribund economy while containing the rise in the cost of living will have been disappointed in the Throne Speech yesterday.
The Government’s lack of ambition may actually be righ...
DATE: Nov 05, 2022
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RG: In our Opinion
When the Throne Speech is delivered tomorrow, the Government is likely to strike a balance between laying out its policy and legislative plans for the year and the philosophy underpinning them.
Some past speeches have been longer on philosophy than ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2022
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RG: In our Opinion
Politics isn’t Sunday school, Lawrence Scott said after he was unceremoniously sacked from the Cabinet last week.
But this was still a surprisingly ruthless move from David Burt, the Premier, and even for Mr Scott, who saw his own father forced out o...
DATE: Oct 31, 2022
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RG: In our Opinion
Defeat has consigned Curtis Dickinson to the farthest recesses of the PLP back bench
DATE: Oct 21, 2022
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RG: In our Opinion