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Bermuda, when the pandemic swept across the planet and changed all of our lives, it was understood that our government would have to react quickly to new challenges and changing issues. The blueprint on the actions required to keep our country safe a...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ben Smith
March is International Women’s Month. Given the year that we have all just endured, to say we deserve this month would be an understatement. Over the course of four articles, I’m going to explore the effect of Covid on women, the wage gap between men...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Kempe
Apart from the global pandemic that has many governments scrambling to cope with a virus that has brought so many powerful nations to their knees, there are other horrific incidents such as refugee camp fires, massive flooding and military confrontat...
DATE: Mar 27, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
I have been talking with friends about how quickly we’ve become accustomed to not touching, and whether it will feel too intimate or uncomfortable when we are finally allowed to hug each other again.
There is some interesting research coming out abou...
DATE: Mar 27, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Gemma Harris
“In the cruise industry the term home port is also often used in reference to the port in which a ship will take on/change over the majority of its passengers while taking on stores, supplies and fuel.”
“A cruise ship company yesterday announced...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Many persons were of the opinion that David Burt's slight against the Governor over the assent of the Cannabis legislation was a prelude to the long-held dream, if not commitment, of the Progressive Labour Party to lead the country to independence.
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DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Coco Chanel’s famous quote, “I only drink champagne on two occasions; when I am in love and when I am not”, is pretty reflective of how we use alcohol in western society. We drink to celebrate and commiserate, when we are happy or sad, and when we a...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Gemma Harris
It is an issue that comes up from time to time, and that is the question of whether Bermuda is overrepresented with 36 MPs and 11 senators. It came up again recently, but you may have missed it. It was buried in the Opposition’s Budget Reply.
It was ...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
After reading Martha Harris Myron’s column, “Celebrating the accounting profession”, I found myself wondering why an equivalent correspondence had not been penned by the Ministry of Education or one of the private schools celebrating the teaching pro...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Do Bermudians, young and old, believe that our traditional architecture is one of the key cultural heritage features that make Bermuda so unique? If so, would many agree that our traditional building style is being lost, or at least undermined, and t...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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