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A letter to the Editor this week raised an intriguing point about crime and safety in Bermuda.
The letter, rightly, pointed out that the police have reported that overall crime is falling, but online comments and general discussion reflect the belie...
DATE: Sep 07, 2012
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Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox caused a collective raising of eyebrows at a conference last week when she announced that the economic recovery had begun.
Given Bermuda’s current economic malaise, most people at the conference and in the gene...
DATE: Sep 05, 2012
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Bermuda marked Labour Day yesterday with some people attending the annual rally and march and many more making it a day to relax before getting down to work after the summer.
The Trade Union Congress has made this year’s Labour Day theme “labour unde...
DATE: Sep 04, 2012
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Government has taken a lot of stick, much of it deserved, for failing to address the loss of jobs in the community and the departure of businesses from the Island.
Estimates vary, but there’s no question that thousands of jobs have been lost and tho...
DATE: Aug 30, 2012
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August is well known in the media for being “silly season”, when stories that would usually disappear without trace get unwarranted attention and jump up news lists as many newsmakers take well earned vacations.
That may explain why Bermuda’s plans t...
DATE: Aug 28, 2012
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The second quarter tourism arrivals released on Friday will have been met with some disappointment, and rightly so.
The slight improvement in arrivals in the first quarter, coupled with the biennial Newport Bermuda Race, gave rise to hopes that ther...
DATE: Aug 27, 2012
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MP Charlie Swan’s plans to bring a motion in the House of Assembly calling for a national lottery to be used to fund youth development in sports, arts and music is in line with this newspaper’s long-standing position on gambling.
For about two decad...
DATE: Aug 24, 2012
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In 2007, according to the Department of Statistics, construction projects worth $330 million were carried out in Bermuda. In 2008, at the very height of the construction boom, $457 million in work was carried out.
In 2011, that number had shrunk to ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2012
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Two stories have emerged in the US as big talking points over the last couple of days.
Both deal, at some level, with the position of women in society. One shows how much progress women are making at being treated as equals. The other shows how much...
DATE: Aug 21, 2012
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There’s a scene in a recently released movie about a group of older Britons going for a holiday in India in which a frazzled guest, exasperated with the terrible quality of the hotel, points to the brochure and demands: “I want to stay in this hotel....
DATE: Aug 20, 2012
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