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Today, I wish to speak of a great man.
A proud pond dog when people looked down on us. A proud union stalwart when it was dangerous to stand up for workers’ rights. A proud Progressive Labour Party stalwart when it was disadvantageous to wear the col...
DATE: Dec 04, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“What a plot, dem a plot ’gainst I and I”
— Ziggy Marley
On February 20, 2019, the British House of Commons released a report from its Foreign Affairs Committee. This report was entitled Global Britain and the British Overseas Territories: ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“It’s 400 years
(400 years, 400 years)
And it's the same old-time colonial, imperialistic philosophy
I said it’s 400 years
(400 years, 400 years)
And my people, they still don’t see”
— Peter Tosh
On November 6, the ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“All the world’s a stage”
—William Shakespeare
A lot of effort is constantly given by all sectors of society to ensure that Bermuda and Bermudians are always represented on the world stage. Whether it be sport, international business or pol...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
About 20 years ago; wait, was it 30 years ago?
Losing track of time.
About 30 years ago, an elder by the name of Manders Ingham took me under his wing to teach me about motor mechanics.
I guess that was the bait.
What he really ended up teaching me w...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
A few months ago, while we still were meeting in person, a senior parliamentarian stood to his feet in the House of Assembly and spoke, ever so briefly, on a topic of great importance.
He spoke of the Common Room, which is a rather large room on the ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“Oft as we can we will come back again
”Here oft you will find us”
— Berkeley School Song
Fellow Berkeleyites, I greet you today on the 123rd anniversary of the founding of our school, our home, the Berkeley Institute.
Imagine, if you ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Congratulations to this lady. Someone who has been giving of her heart to others her entire life.
Always, always learning and growing in all her professions. All while being a mother, wife, sister, aunt and godmother.
Over the past nine years, she wo...
DATE: Oct 16, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
So ... about this lady right here. Roughly eight years ago, August 2012, while at a dinner for the Jamaican Association of Bermuda, she pulled me to the side and said: “Stop wasting your energy on Facebook debates and run for a seat so you can debate...
DATE: Oct 09, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“I wish to run in the next election”
Words spoken by someone a few years ago.
“I will be running in the election on October 1”
Words spoken by the very same someone on Wednesday.
Ladies and gentlemen, please meet Lindsay Simmons, a Bermudian mother o...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous