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Over the past few years, a false narrative has been repeated over and over in an attempt to paint the Civil Service in an extremely negative light. The motive of those who continue to speak in this manner is fairly clear, however, their facts are, at...
DATE: Aug 21, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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Christopher Famous
“How do I say goodbye to what we had?
The good times that made us laugh
Outweigh the bad.
I thought we’d get to see forever
But forever’s gone away
It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.”
— Boys II Men
By Christopher Famous
Less than two mo...
DATE: Aug 14, 2015
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Christopher Famous
Dear St George’s Cricket Club,
I am writing this out of love and respect for our eastern traditions.
Much to the angst of most of my family, including my mother, June Famous, who have always supported that “other team”, I have been a lifelong suppo...
DATE: Aug 12, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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Christopher Famous
In an interview with ZBM on August 3, a seemingly irate Michael Dunkley spoke about how he is a Bermudian and, how he “ ... sleeps in a Bermudian bed ...” and “ ... feels Bermudians’ pain ...”
Needless to say, this was not received well and many Ber...
DATE: Aug 07, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he”
Proverbs 23:7
In July 2015, award-winning actress America Ferrera penned a thank-you note to Mr Donald Trump:
“Dear Donald,
You’ve said some pretty offensive things about Latino immigrants recently and I t...
DATE: Aug 05, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!” — Marcus Garvey
Emancipation Day, August 1, 1834, the day the English “granted” freedom to the Africans they had enslaved for four centuries. Freedom that they never ...
DATE: Jul 29, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
BROKEN PROMISES
#6 of the OBA’s campaign platform:
“Reduce the Cost of Living: Our high cost of living imposes a tremendous financial burden on Bermuda families. We will make Bermuda more affordable for them.”
In May, Minister of Health, Seniors a...
DATE: Jul 22, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
There is a saying about separating wheat from chaff, essentially separating the positive wheat from the useless chaff.
For different reasons, a number of Bermudians who may have been frustrated three years ago decided to vote for OBA. Many of them wo...
DATE: Jul 17, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
On Saturday July 11, 2015 hundreds of Berkeleyites, spanning multiple generations, found themselves heeding the call to return home.
Under the distinguished patronage of Mr Robert Horton Esq. aka “RKH”, The Berkeley Educational Society held their se...
DATE: Jul 15, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy; but her manners were excellent.”
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Recently it was stated that the OBA seems to operate almost like a Jekyll and Hyde character.
The rati...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous