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Opening the morning newspaper seeing on one hand the Fairmont Southampton Princess saga, paralleled with $70 million of commercial real estate up for sale in Hamilton, was a lot for a pair of eyes to absorb. To think 33 commercial properties are sell...
DATE: Oct 19, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Don't count on that Black Friday bargain.
This holiday season, stores will not be competing on price — the battleground will be availability. With shoppers buoyant (for now), there is little need to simulate demand, while supply shortages and higher ...
DATE: Oct 19, 2021
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With 90 contributors across diverse media, the pandemic has not diminished the creative spirit and the arts are alive and well in Bermuda. Artistic sensibilities have been nurtured over the past twelve months such that this exhibition bears witness t...
DATE: Oct 19, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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My friend Wynette Tucker urged me on many occasions to interview her neighbour, Gwendolyn Smith. Mrs Smith, she said, was anxious to share what she knew about a tomato factory that existed in Smith’s Parish when she was a girl. I had been the distric...
DATE: Oct 16, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Cecille Snaith-Simmons
“Use it or lose it.”
Many human resource departments sent out a directive about holiday time to employees around Bermuda.
With very few people travelling because of the pandemic, thousands of Bermudian employees have been racking up countless holiday...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
For those who have been asking: yes. I am vaccinated, and, yes, I am going for a third booster jab. I believe in the efficacy of vaccinations in the fight against this deadly pandemic. The evidence here, and elsewhere, is overwhelming and cannot be d...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
“You’ve been hoodwinked, bamboozled, run amok…”
This quote from Malcolm X easily applies to some of what has been happening during the response to the global pandemic. This especially owing to the ravages of social media and its outsized influen...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
The recent revelations of the Pandora Papers have exposed how global power elites have sought to hide damning evidence from their respective publics. These many revelations, resulting from investigative reporting, continues a tradition of journalism ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
In the final Senate session for this term on October 6, the Junior Minister of the Cabinet, Owen Darrell, presented a statement on the Bermuda Post Office. This was a statement to highlight the initiatives that would help to save a department that ha...
DATE: Oct 11, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ben Smith
“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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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Rolfe Commissiong
