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“Changing Lives One Voyage at a Time, Over Time”.
This is the mission statement of the sloop Spirit of Bermuda.
The Bermuda Sloop Foundation provides exceptional leadership and life-skills training, and character development for young Bermudians w...
DATE: Mar 02, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries to create partisan-advantaged districts. The resulting di...
DATE: Feb 22, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
[naviga:ul][naviga:li]1,297 voters[/naviga:li][naviga:li]827 votes cast[/naviga:li][naviga:li]461 Progressive Labour Party supporters[/naviga:li][naviga:li]351 One Bermuda Alliance supporters[/naviga:li][naviga:li]14 rejected ballots[/naviga:li][navi...
DATE: Feb 18, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
While out canvassing recently, a Bermudian couple asked us to come in and have a conversation with them about the hikes in the land tax proposed by finance minister Bob Richards the week before Christmas.
The husband presented a spreadsheet that show...
DATE: Feb 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Two men, Tyrone and Bob, are in a lifeboat. Bob suddenly shouts out: “Land! Land! I see land.” Tyrone says: “Where? Where? Where is this land? “Over there to the West. Let’s start paddling,” screams Bob. Two hours later, fully exhausted, they find no...
DATE: Feb 08, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Over the course of canvassing, we have found ourselves sitting or standing in many kitchens throughout Constituency 13. Often we are offered food or refreshments, which hearkens back to the days of how we all grew up.
Sometimes we arrive just as food...
DATE: Jan 27, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Matthew 13:3-8
“A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallo...
DATE: Jan 22, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“There is no place like home.”
— Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
Forrest Gump once said: “Life is like a box of chocolates ...” A possible interpretation is that one has an opportunity to make choices as to what they wish to taste, consume and subseque...
DATE: Jan 20, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
With her doors spread wide open, she welcomed her guests. One by one they came. Two by two they came. Each of them embracing and speaking to others who had walked through those eastern facing doors.
Once again, Devonshire Church hall was the setting ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“For whom the bell tolls
Time marches on
For whom the bell tolls”
— Metallica
By Chris Famous
There is a bell in Devonshire that has been tolling for multiple generations. Anyone living in Devonshire North knows that bell very intricately. It has to...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous