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Our island Bermuda has always been a unique place to experience life on this planet, perhaps mainly owing to our size, and compared with many other countries, a small population. Our geographical position has also provided a degree of isolation witho...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
On Saturday, Charlottesville removed two equestrian statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson from the city’s public squares. That removal will not “erase history”, as the statues’ defenders have repeatedly charged. It instead allows us a cleare...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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“While there is a view that tax avoidance are laws of nature the reality is different. Nothing inherent in globalisation prevents governments from taxing profits at a high rate is they so wish. Instead of competition, governments can choose co-or...
DATE: Jul 12, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Rolfe Commissiong
The recent assassination of the Haitian president Jovenel Moïse has sent shock waves throughout the Western hemisphere. Haiti, which is known as the first of the enslaved colonies to break free and declare independence, has long suffered from authori...
DATE: Jul 10, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
The trustees of the National Sports Centre have been exploring how to decrease their more than $500,000 annual energy costs since 2017. The installation of an energy-saving microgrid system, projected to be completed by January 2022, will result in g...
DATE: Jul 10, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Jaché Adams
It was a busy week all around and I was looking forward to some downtime on Saturday. However, after reading the recent opinion piece by Jason Wade titled “Let's turn down the volume, Bermuda”, I felt compelled to respond for the good of the country....
DATE: Jul 09, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Michael Dunkley
“Sometimes we cannot see the forest for the trees.”
One of the most extraordinary things in life is to look beyond one’s immediate surroundings to gain wider perspectives and a broader knowledge base.
For example, a law student tends to study as...
DATE: Jul 09, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
The Delta variant is the new pandemic scare story. Its spread into the United States has not led to a surge in deaths or packed hospital wards, but the news of its existence rained on the Fourth of July parades.
Public-health specialists have respond...
DATE: Jul 09, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Faye Flam
Star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is the fastest woman in the United States. With youthful effervescence and trademark Technicolor hair, she dominated the Olympic trials last month, earning first place in the 100 metres and securing a spot in both t...
DATE: Jul 08, 2021
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An editorial the other day told the Progressive Labour Party that "the honeymoon is over".
Perhaps the government had already been extended more than a honeymoon; a period of grace or a temporary period given as a sanctuary when there is suspension ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
