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They were brought here under a cloak of secrecy. We don’t know for sure what they were told or what they were promised. All they knew was that their days in Guantánamo Bay were at an end.
Now the four Uighurs find themselves in limbo in paradise. The...
DATE: Jan 24, 2013
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There have recently been dire warnings about a disintegration of the Island’s social fabric. This newspaper has this week carried stories about an increasing number of debt cases coming before the civil courts, as well as a rise in the number of wome...
DATE: Jan 23, 2013
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Thousands of runners from more than a dozen countries pounded the Island’s roads over the weekend.
They were all ages, all sizes and all abilities — personal bests were set, injuries sustained, memories were made.
In each other’s eyes they were also ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2013
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Bob Richards has a mountain to climb. The question is will he ever reach the top?
Yesterday we reported how Government revenues had fallen almost ten percent in the third quarter of last year.
At the same time Government had increased its current ex...
DATE: Jan 16, 2013
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It has always been a particular bugbear of this newspaper’s — bad manners.
Do we really need to hear your cell phone conversation? Do we really need — or want — to hear your choice of music slowly deafening us as your car draws closer?
We now have to...
DATE: Jan 15, 2013
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This newspaper has recently put on record that it is a firm believer in unions — but in the same article it also called for unions to exercise some commonsense.
So the latest sabre rattling by Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert is somew...
DATE: Jan 12, 2013
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On our website, www.royalgazette.com, we are running this poll: Should The Royal Gazette stop anonymous letters and publish the author’s name?
As of writing, 37 percent said ‘yes’ and 60 percent ‘no’ with three percent undecided. A total of 1,157 peo...
DATE: Jan 11, 2013
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This newspaper believes fervently in the need for unions.
There needs to be protection against exploitation, there needs to be an organised movement that is vociferous in campaigning for fair pay, equal rights and safety, among many other things.
But...
DATE: Jan 09, 2013
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Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley in today’s paper says he supports doing away with conscription — music, no doubt, to the ears of many a young man in Bermuda.
But is it the right time to go down that route? Question: What are some of the major ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2013
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The decriminalisation of cannabis is an extremely vexing issue — here and around the world.
Would it encourage the dealers or would it see the end of them? Would it lead to more people using the drug?
In the paper today new Attorney General Mark Pet...
DATE: Jan 05, 2013
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