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Last Sunday, we had a great communty event that started at 9am. Residents of Devonshire Bay and Rocky Bay came out and joined in with a numnber of young persons to beautify the Mary Prince Emancipation Park.
About ten persons picked up bottles and tr...
DATE: Feb 25, 2022
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Christopher Famous
During the course of our lives we all have had those persons who have guided us with love and with tough love. At first, we may not see the value in the things that they say or did. Yet, as we mature, we begin to emulate the values that they painstak...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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Christopher Famous
Today we return to Parliament for the first time for the year.
Ministers will be presenting statements and a few bits of legislation. The Opposition may very well be asking some questions, as quirky as they may be.
The question is, will the Oppositio...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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Christopher Famous
The Atlantic and Caribbean Overseas Territories have population sizes ranging from 5,000 in Montserrat to 70,000 in the Cayman Islands.
In each island grouping, they have registered voters:
• The Cayman Islands pop 70,000 with 23,596 registered vote...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“Mr Dunkley has also called for the travel authorisation system to be scrapped...”
— The Royal Gazette (January 17, 2022)
Michael Dunkley never seems to let a populist sentiment pass him by. Yet somehow he continuously fails to either researc...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
The United Nations lists 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, or colonies, remaining in the world. Of those 17, Britain retains a total of nine Overseas Territories scattered around the globe.
In the Atlantic and Caribbean region there are six Overseas...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.” - Margaret Thatcher
One of the exciting things about Bermudian politics...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
I was thinking of some flowery words to write for the end of 2021, and none came to mind.
Then I thought of some other flowery words for the beginning of 2022, and none came to mind.
As a matter of fact, there may be more than enough flowery words be...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
One of the interesting oddities of driving in the United Kingdom is going to a service station.
It is all self-service because you have to pump your fuel — quite a big difference from Bermuda, where you don't have to leave the comfort of your car.
Wh...
DATE: Dec 24, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
"If God did not want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep.” — Calvera, The Magnificent Seven
According to the storyline of the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven, seven men were hired to protect life and liberty from the self-styled big ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous