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It’s a word that, these days, seems to weave its way into so many phrases, as ubiquitous as any. Mere mention of “security” invariably implies we don’t have enough. Lack of security becomes noticeable only when it’s too late.
In these troubled times,...
DATE: Nov 24, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
Three incidents in the past 14 months have led to sport in this country being suspended, albeit very temporarily — the protracted, daytime car chase and ultimate shooting outside The Fairmont Southampton that involved cricketers on the run, the shoot...
DATE: Nov 20, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
Every Bermudian has a right to feel angry and disgusted by the findings of the Auditor-General’s report for the fiscal years 2010, 2011 and 2012.
At that time, this community was dealing with the pain of widespread job losses, pay cuts, a real estate...
DATE: Nov 19, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
“No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main ...”
— John Donne
RG: In our Opinion
Two Bermudians were among the casualties when the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Centre were destroyed by ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2015
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Within two to three years, the doors will open into Bermuda’s first casino, changing the face of the Island for ever.
There will be no turning back. It will arrive with all of the required attachments: glitz, glamour, neon lights and constant clangin...
DATE: Nov 17, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
It is with no little satisfaction and a sizeable helping of humility that we can now signal the death knell for dark-tinted helmet visors and their mirrored cousins that also conceal identity.
The campaign that we have waged since the MoneyShop robb...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
Data released by the Bermuda Government last week affirmed that we are out of recession. Gross domestic product — the sum of all the goods and services the Island produces — grew by 1.5 per cent in the second quarter of this year, the third successiv...
DATE: Nov 13, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
At the stroke of 11am yesterday, Bermuda fell silent for two minutes to honour our war dead.
The tradition dates from the signing of the Armistice, which ended what was then called the Great War at “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleve...
DATE: Nov 11, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
This is an age where all manner of freedoms are being vigorously fought for. Freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom to bear and to not bear arms, freedom to love who you want and, more topically, freedom to marry who you want.
Resolution o...
DATE: Nov 06, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
For an Island so small, it is remarkable that Bermuda produces anything that could be labelled “best in the world”. Yet, occasionally, we can genuinely lay claim to something that we, or one of our small number, does better than the other seven billi...
DATE: Nov 05, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion