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On November 19, my longtime client and friend Orlando Hall became the eighth prisoner executed by the Trump Administration since mid-July, when the Federal Government resumed executions after a 17-year hiatus. News stories naturally focused on the ho...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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As you all know, the world is facing the coronavirus pandemic, which has drastically changed the way we live.
This pandemic has also affected me, a former hotel executive, with more than 40 years of experience in the hotel industry, and the first per...
DATE: Dec 14, 2020
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The disappointed should know: Bill Vaughan tried. He tried despite a pandemic. He tried despite a bout of pneumonia. He tried despite knowing we were still in 2020, the year that took from us the Notorious RBG, Black Panther and Alex Trebek.
For more...
DATE: Dec 14, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Theresa Vargas
I have spent eight months watching my fellow prisoners inside a state penitentiary in Washington suffer from Covid-19. Now there is finally a vaccine on the horizon. Unfortunately, it may not get to many incarcerated people in time to save us.
Those ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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This country has opened its new state-of-the-art, 21st-century-and-beyond, iconic airport on Wednesday. A total of 885 Bermudians have worked on the site since construction started in 2017 and about 400 island companies got work from this major proje...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Marcus Jones
“Every time I hear the crack of a whip
My blood runs cold”
— Bob Marley
Every time that many Bermudians drive or walk near the gates of the House of Assembly on Reid Street or Parliament Street, their blood runs cold.
Deep in their sou...
DATE: Dec 11, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
The first Covid-19 lockdowns in March jolted a lot of us into new habits. Some of these changes were healthy; others, not so much. We started cooking more, which is generally healthier than eating in restaurants. We're washing our hands a lot more. S...
DATE: Dec 11, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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The Government’s plan to force yellow wristbands on arriving travellers will invite discrimination without preventing the spread of Covid-19. Bermuda has long grappled with prejudice, and we should not create new forms of intolerance in a misguided e...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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Bermuda, initially when Covid-19 hit the island in mid-March, the Government took extreme measures to curb the spread of this deadly virus; the island sheltered in place for weeks. The Government and Opposition worked together, and the vast majority ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Michael Dunkley
A clutter of unhelpful pandemic rules is wearing people down. One-way systems in stores, outdoor mask mandates, ceaselessly cleaning groceries and packages — should these things be our top priorities for limiting the spread of Covid-19?
Harvard’s Jos...
DATE: Dec 09, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Faye Flam