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Arguably, our children are suffering the most right now. Research evidence seems to support this with child mental-health difficulties increasing, particularly in respect to anxiety and depression.
There are a few reasons why we should be especially ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Gemma Harris
I recall many years ago working with Eva Robinson and W.E. Rudolph Joell, who ran several times unsuccessfully for mayor. We had a "back of town" committee back in the Seventies. Of course, the issues then were what was deemed as unequal treatment of...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Toxic positivity is a phrase commonly used in social media psychology, and refers to the emotional damage of “being positive” in the face of adversity. Essentially, it conveys that whilst “positive vibes only” might be a catchy phrase, and a nice sen...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Gemma Harris
The House of Assembly on February 19 passed the Progressive Labour Party’s new Cannabis Licensing Bill, which now heads to Senate for debate tomorrow. Let me offer a few thoughts…
The reason for the One Bermuda Alliance’s opposition to the Bill is t...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Scott Pearman
I remember the Golden Hinds fiasco perhaps 30 or so years ago, where a feud between a couple of United Bermuda Party government ministers destroyed an opportunity to develop that property into a brand-new, luxury Ritz-Carlton.
The development was fi...
DATE: Mar 01, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
The notion expressed by Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Minister of National Security, that the Cannabis Licensing Act that passed in the House of Assembly on February 19, 2021, was a result of devious planning by the Government to use as a pro-independe...
DATE: Mar 01, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Cheryl Pooley
States have taken wildly different approaches to vaccine distribution, but one thing unites them: many of their most at-risk residents, particularly in communities of colour, are being left behind. In Connecticut, which boasts one of the best coverag...
DATE: Mar 01, 2021
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In acknowledgement of Black History Month, The Royal Gazette continues the publication of stories throughout February on African-American and global African people, events and institutions, and their contributions in history. Here historian Nafee...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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Black History Month
One of the best descriptions that I ever came across on the challenge of writing a column came from Pulitzer prize winning columnist Russell Baker of New York Times fame : it is like having to perform ballet in a telephone booth, he wrote.. The tende...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Last Friday, there was a General Election held in our sister Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).
Bermudian Colony
Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous