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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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We reached an unacceptable level of discarded ocean plastic long ago. At this point, any plastic that ends up in the ocean is one piece too many.
Bermuda’s government and environmental activists are rightly looking for Bermudians to do their part in...
DATE: Oct 04, 2021
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Vaccine mandates work. Just ask New York governor Kathy Hochul, whose state gave roughly 600,000 healthcare workers until Monday to get a Covid-19 jab or lose their jobs. Much naysaying ensued, accompanied by predictions that doctors, nurses, orderli...
DATE: Oct 02, 2021
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The task of regrouping after a devastating pandemic that has ravaged countries around the world with widespread death, taking a heavy toll on economies, and creating a nightmare for education systems has been a Herculean one.
Children have been unabl...
DATE: Oct 02, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
At the 76th United Nations General Assembly, the Haitian representative said there will be no end to the US migration problem until the issue of equality is addressed. Was he correct?
His comments could be seen also in the address by Mia Mottley fro...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Some of Bermuda’s watch houses have been in the news over the past several months. In particular, a recently restored Sandys Parish watch house, and the one located next to Flatts Post Office in Smith’s Parish. It is notable that the Flatts watch hou...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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If one were to ask many Bermudians which Caribbean island they can trace their roots, most would justifiably answer St Kitts. There would be some, though, who would say that they can trace their roots back to the Dutch colony of St Eustatius.
“St Whe...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
In most cases, a marriage represents the joining of two families, rather than simply the two individuals who take vows. It is perhaps unsurprising, therefore, that the emotional fallout of a divorce can similarly involve the wider family; however, fe...
DATE: Sep 29, 2021
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These two words loom large today: if only. If only everyone could agree, or at least come together to reach a consensus on how we must combat Covid-19 and the deadly Delta variant — and act on it.
Fat chance?
No question this is a national crisis of ...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
At a time when the climate is front and centre on the global stage, the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute will host the island’s first Youth Climate Summit for students ages 13 to 22. With a focus on conservation, sustainability and climate ju...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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