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You can't have a fight if only side participates, so Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush's decision to attack Premier Paula Cox in an open letter this week is likely to go nowhere.
Premier Cox has wisely chosen not to join in the fight. The times a...
DATE: Aug 08, 2012
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Saturday’s story about Bermuda’s four-year water shortage was another example of why Bermuda must continue to focus on the issue of ensuring that the Island has an adequate supply of fresh water.
In 2006, Bermuda recorded 62 inches of rain, the highe...
DATE: Aug 07, 2012
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Question: If Bermuda takes more than a decade to revise a bus schedule, how does it manage to solve much more difficult and complex problems?
Answer: It doesn’t.
The fact that Bermuda has failed for more than a decade to devise a new bus schedule ha...
DATE: Jul 31, 2012
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Healthcare is expensive and getting more so, according to a report issued last week.
According to the national health accounts issued by the Bermuda Health Council, we spend $678 million on healthcare each year. That’s 10.8 percent of gross domestic ...
DATE: Jul 30, 2012
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Bermuda embarks on another Olympic campaign today as the Island’s athletes take part in tonight’s opening ceremony in London.
Naturally, the primary interest will be in whether anyone will join Clarence Hill in a very exclusive club. Mr Hill is the ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2012
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The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Task Force (Best), is to be applauded on its release of a blueprint for Bermuda’s future development.
Environmentalists are sometimes accused of being opposed to all development, but the blueprint shows this i...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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The recent placement of the chief of staff of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital on “administrative leave” has caused a good deal of comment.
That’s not surprising. When a person charged with the care and health of hundreds of patients a day is suspen...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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The Public Accounts Committee’s report on the Department of Tourism and the Bermuda Land Development Company contains a litany of horrors, but there is one good thing in it.
The efforts of the PAC and, earlier, Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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It’s a sign of the times that the House of Assembly, with near unanimity, agreed on Friday to ease the long-standing 60-40 rule for ownership of companies listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
That’s a far cry from the agonised debates that surround...
DATE: Jul 19, 2012
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The Sustainable Development Round Table’s recent housing report makes two valid points.
The first is that affordable and decent housing creates good social conditions, especially for children and for the growing population of older people. The secon...
DATE: Jul 18, 2012
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