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“Like clay pressed into a mould, Covid outbreaks tend to conform to the contours of a country’s existing inequalities and cracks, replicating them over again.”
— Tess McClure, columnist, Christchurch, New Zealand (The Guardian)
The number f...
DATE: Oct 11, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Rolfe Commissiong
Few would disagree these days that we are experiencing very difficult times in a deeply troubled world. So much is blamed on the pandemic, which without a doubt plunged countries into situations that ruptured day-to-day activities to an extent where ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Thank you for all the replies and e-mails regarding the column about St Eustatius (Statia) last week. It truly means a lot when persons take a moment to reach out.
Last week we spoke about Statia’s history, so today we shall speak about some of the p...
DATE: Oct 08, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
That question, initially posed by a 16-year-old this summer, has been echoed repeatedly by young Bermudians when asked their views on the climate crisis. But rather than a defiant statement of dismissal, the question is at the heart of their search f...
DATE: Oct 07, 2021
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Facebook’s October 4 outages across its platforms, which affected billions of people, and the company’s handling of it raise a far-reaching question: Should we simply rest content with a complete shutdown of service across four platforms, which under...
DATE: Oct 07, 2021
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LeBron James has always wanted to be the NBA’s “Goat” both on the court and off it. In both categories — as a player and as a savvy marketer and steward of his own brand — his only real competition is Michael Jordan.
There is, however, one significan...
DATE: Oct 06, 2021
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Tragically, Bermuda is alone in the world at the top of the “red list” chart for Covid-19, and has 75 deaths as testimony to its status. I became curious about the reporting of these Covid deaths. I would go to the obituaries section of the newspaper...
DATE: Oct 05, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Please, please, please, please ...
I am not one who typically begs, but extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Thirty-eight people died in Bermuda during the month of September. Our morgue is overwhelmed, such that our dead are being ke...
DATE: Oct 05, 2021
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Kudos to the 100 or more medical doctors who have come together in urging local residents to join this life-saving campaign by being vaccinated for Covid-19. Given the unprecedented death rate that our island is facing, the open letter signed off on ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
Bermuda Electric Light Company Limited customers can expect to see an increase in their energy bills, beginning with the October billing cycle.
This increase is as a result of rising fuel prices and a consequential adjustment made to the fuel adjustm...
DATE: Oct 04, 2021
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