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We have overspent and under-saved. The base of our income has been eroded by our attitudes, policies and the changes taking place in the global economies.
And we continue to remain in economic depression as indicated by the contraction of Bermuda’s G...
DATE: Apr 21, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Sir John Swan
A century ago Bermuda had become so closely identified with this season of reawakening and rebirth it was routinely referred to as “The Easter Isle” in the North American press.
At the time the Island dominated fully 90 percent of the Easter Lily mar...
DATE: Apr 19, 2014
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Bermuda’s beaches are among the genuine wonders of the natural world, celebrated in art, poetry and song and synonymous with the Island in the minds of vacationers and armchair travellers alike.
Despite the post-Second World War building boom which h...
DATE: Apr 17, 2014
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It’s one of the eternal verities, an almost always reliable rule of thumb: being able to immediately identify the true man of vision because his ideas, no matter how commonsensical or necessary, initially inspire near-universal hostility.
New approa...
DATE: Apr 16, 2014
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The tribalism of two-party politics in Bermuda has never been kind to Independent Parliamentarians.
To forego party allegiance is, traditionally, to find oneself alone in the political wilderness on a short route to obscurity. Not for Terry Lister. ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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It may be the most difficult balancing act since the Great Blondin became the first man to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope in 1859.
But Finance Minister Bob Richards — in the first full OBA Budget since the party won power in 2012 — will have to s...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Lies, lies and more lies.
After an explosive weekend in which dirty politics came to the fore, there have been blatant untruths surrounding alleged bribes and a secret tape.
It’s difficult to determine who is misleading the public.
The two party lead...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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Outgoing Ombudsman Arlene Brock has described her inquiry into the desecrated tombstones at Tucker’s Point as the saddest she has had to conduct in eight years in office.
It’s not hard to believe. Who could fail to be moved by the fact that a cemeter...
DATE: Feb 12, 2014
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Bermuda Tourism Authority’s newly-appointed CEO Bill Hanbury expounded the challenges he faces when he was introduced to the public a little over a week ago.
He believed that within the space of as little as three months a tourism industry turnaround...
DATE: Feb 06, 2014
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In hindsight, for all its unconcealed enthusiasm for the introduction of casinos to the Island, the resolve of the One Bermuda Alliance to test that proposition by way of a referendum never appeared particularly earnest.
The recent announcement, the...
DATE: Dec 23, 2013
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