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The World Meteorological Organisation released a new report on Tuesday — The State of the Global Climate 2020. The report’s findings will not come as a surprise to Bermudians, as we witness some of these impacts first hand and observe the media repor...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
Every time I speak with or visit a client at Westgate or one of the other prison facilities, I am reminded of the lack of proper rehabilitation this Island has to offer prisoners and members of our community who have committed serious criminal offenc...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Victoria Greening
It has been Belco’s honour to provide electricity to the homes and businesses on this island for more than a century. During that time, much has changed: consumption of electricity has grown exponentially and our system has been continually improved ...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Twentieth-century Bermuda began as a new diversity. We have the presence of the British and their bases, which invariably meant the residual fallout from many of their global conflicts would end up on our shores.
The “Bully Roosters”, who had active...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
The work of our beloved member Yvette Swan was tireless, determined and persistent as she continued to make a difference in the lives of women and girls.
A retired optometrist, she was born in Jamaica then moved with her husband, Malcolm, in 1970 to ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Bermuda, Epidemics and the Lessons of History
The global Covid-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted our world for more than a year now, and it is natural to think we are living in unprecedented times, in which the Government, medical experts,...
DATE: Apr 20, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Michael Jarvis
“How can you be sitting there telling me that you care, when every time I look around, the people are suffering in every way, everywhere.”
— Bob Marley
We all feel it. There is a high level of fear, anxiety, concern and trepidation in our cou...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“Stop the racism!” “Stop the violence!” “Stop the hate!”
Chants that are synonymous with the struggle of Blacks around the world.
Chants crystallised last year, during the global Black Lives Matter movement.
As of recently, another ethnic minority gr...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
The 20th-century Bermuda, which by then had become a larger and more diverse population compared with the century that went before, was characteristically different in that — rather than a symbiotic albeit uneven codependency — unleashed was a battle...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Access to investment and finance has defined how island states are able to progress towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and plan their post-pandemic economic recovery. With the pressure of the past 12 months weighing ha...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
James Ellsmoor
