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As the world becomes increasingly divided on societal issues, social activists go where the masses are to make themselves heard
DATE: Dec 31, 2023
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X and Threads are born and AI gets personal
DATE: Dec 31, 2023
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Awe, dread, anger, disconnect and loss are in ample abundance — and yes, love
DATE: Dec 31, 2023
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Those of you expecting a different introduction to this year’s Royal Gazette yearly sports review will quickly need to revise those expectations as Bermuda’s golden girl Dame Flora Duffy elevated her career to even greater heights in 2022.
At the age...
DATE: Jan 01, 2023
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Ross Clarke, Sports Editor in Santiago, Chile
The average Bermuda family did not need fancy government statistics to tell them prices were rising this year - they just needed to go to the grocery store.
But one of the graphs accompanying this story illustrates it as well - food prices rose at t...
DATE: Jan 01, 2023
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David Fox, Business Editor
The community witnessed an uncommon and controversial example of the parliamentary process in action in December.
As legislators planned to debate the people’s business on December 2, MPs got abruptly put on notice by the Speaker of the House.
Minute...
DATE: Jan 01, 2023
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Jonathan Bell
The annual Throne Speech announced a wide range of plans and promises as the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the island lessened.
Tom Oppenheim, the Deputy Governor, delivered the speech on the Cabinet Office lawn for the first time since 2018 in...
DATE: Jan 01, 2023
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
There was no October surprise for David Burt as he handily fended off a challenge for the leadership of the Progressive Labour Party by Curtis Dickinson, the former finance minister.
Mr Burt, the Premier, and Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, were ch...
DATE: Jan 01, 2023
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Britain blocked legislation passed in the House of Assembly to create a framework for regulating a cannabis industry on the island.
Rena Lalgie, the Governor, said she was “instructed” by the British foreign secretary to refuse Royal Assent to the Ca...
DATE: Jan 01, 2023
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Covid-19 regulations began to relax in August as the pandemic’s spread began to slow down in Bermuda.
Unvaccinated travellers, who were originally denied entry to the island, were finally allowed to visit starting August 22.
The four-day quarantine a...
DATE: Jan 01, 2023
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson