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At this writing, tensions are mounting over a labour dispute between the Bermuda Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union over an issue regarding who should or should not be eligible to vote on the matter of union decertification.
This for the un...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Before the summer break, the Senate debated legislation that allowed the Government to extend the financial-assistance payment limit by two years. In practical terms, the change allowed eligible, able-bodied recipients of financial assistance to rece...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Robin Tucker
Often, perhaps too often, we see persons post “negative reviews” online in reference to some customer experience that they had that did not go so well.
With the quickness of social media, more often than not, the manager or owner of the establishment...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Few areas of our lives have been unaffected by the ripple effects of the pandemic, and relationships are no exception. Health and financial worries are well-known stressors on any marriage, but Covid restrictions also forced many couples into unusual...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Bailey-Munroe
From a 15-foot industrial ladder, in the dim light of the warehouse, the bankers boxes resemble coffins — 28,455 stacked in rows up to 12 high, four wide, 70 deep, boxes containing 93 million pages of paper — in a mausoleum to cigarette smoking.
Here...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021
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I had hoped never to have to write about an issue such as this episode between the Bermuda Industrial Union and the Government — in reality, about Chris Furbert and David Burt, the leaders of both groups. The stated issue of disagreement over the tra...
DATE: Aug 26, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
“We must guard against the unwarranted influence of the military-industrial complex ...the potential for disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”
These prophetic words by former United States president Dwight Eisenhower reson...
DATE: Aug 26, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
You have seen the headlines about a person who met with the Government to present their business operations years ago, never got licensed in Bermuda and ran afoul of the law!
Naysayers want you to believe there is guilt by association. The reality i...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Crystal Caesar
Through the pandemic lockdown, I shared an evening ritual with a friend: a quick over-the-phone debrief about the episode of Jeopardy! we had both just watched, at slightly different times.
Did either of us know the answer to the final question - or ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Margaret Sullivan
On August 14, a magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck Haiti's southern peninsula. Coming a month after the assassination of the President and amid a severe coronavirus surge, the quake was the latest blow to the Caribbean nation. Haiti has still not fully ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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