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Bermuda has a golden opportunity to show the world that despite many challenges, including overcoming the coronavirus pandemic, pulling together for the good of the country is far more important than which political flag Is flying as the authority i...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
London is in a precarious position when it comes to Covid-19. Remaining restrictions were recently lifted in the city along with the rest of Britain even as the highly infectious Delta variant drives cases higher.
London's Delta wave will not be as ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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Al Gore, the former Vice-President of the United States, produced a 2006 documentary called An Inconvenient Truth. In this film, he spoke about the oncoming climate change. Many, too many, did not want to hear it and labelled what he said as unpopula...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Thirty-three years ago I began interviewing seniors on Cup March, one of the foremost events of our Bermudian heritage. Their memories ranged over the years leading up to the 1930s.
Much has been written on the history of the game, but I have chosen ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Cecille Snaith-Simmons
Naftali Bennett began his term as Israel's new prime minister by praising his predecessor for the successful Covid vaccination programme and promising more of the same: “Vaccinations, not lockdowns” has been his mantra. The pivot from state-mandated ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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I remember the popularity of Fidel Castro during the 1960s. The cigar-smoking man in army fatigues who, as a charismatic leader, transformed Cuba into a communist state 90 miles from the United States at the height of the Cold War. Expressed then as ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
People are worried about the coronavirus again. So it is understandable that public health officials are feeling pressure to recommend Covid-19 booster shots soon, before we find out the hard way when the vaccines wear off. Pfizer Inc contributed by ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Faye Flam
We are more divided than we have ever been is the claim. But a claim is all it is, all part of the theatre of politics brought on by the pandemic in which we find ourselves. There are no actual means by which such claims can be substantiated. The gre...
DATE: Jul 20, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
In Greek mythology, Daedalus was a brilliant inventor who fashioned wings for him and his son, Icarus, to escape imprisonment. Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun. But Icarus, heady with the power of flight, couldn't help himself. ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2021
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The day the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee was lifted from its pedestal in Charlottesville and driven away, Zyahna Bryant stood near by, wearing pearls.
The adult adornment was telling. It showed she had grown up while waiting for that m...
DATE: Jul 19, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Theresa Vargas
