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More often than not, it seems as if people around the world have allowed themselves to believe that colonialism was and remains some fairytale read in a book. You know, the stories in which the handsome prince marries the glowing bride and all in the...
DATE: Dec 09, 2022
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Christopher Famous
In the latest attempt by the One Bermuda Alliance to rewrite history, their most vocal advocate, Vic Ball, wrote things that are easily disproved.
Mr Ball said: “The PLP has gone all out, smearing the ten-year-old OBA with the worst of the racism of ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
On the clear, cool and calm morning of Friday, November 11, 2022, there was a family gathering on Front Street. The occasion being the Remembrance Day Parade.
One by one they strolled through the gate.
With grey pants, white shirts, blue blazers, shi...
DATE: Nov 25, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“Jeremy Corbyn hits back at Rishi Sunak’s comments about him in Prime Minister’s Questions and says if he is ‘going to live rent-free’ in the Prime Minister’s head, the PM could at least ‘accurately reflect’ his views.”
“Mr Sunak has pledged...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
When we think of the term “head of state”, visions of authority, royalty and grace come to mind.
In each of our families we have a head of state. Whether it be the patriarch or the matriarch, there is always someone who has guided, protected and shap...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
The Parliament of Westminister in London is considered “the mother of all parliaments”. For more than 900 years, laws have been passed inside those chambers that governed not only how England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland were run, but the entirety of...
DATE: Nov 04, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
In the late 1940s, students from around the Caribbean and North Atlantic attended university in London. These persons included Errol Barrow, of Barbados, Eugenia Charles, of Dominica, Michael Manley, of Jamaica, Lynden Pindling, of the Bahamas, and L...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“It’s time to say goodbye”
— Andrea Bocelli
Inside two months, British prime minister Liz Truss has sealed not only her own fate, but the future of the Conservative Party. Owing to immense public pressure, she fired Kwasi Kwarteng as chance...
DATE: Oct 21, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“What a tangled web we weave…”
Over the past few months, there has been a concerted effort to misrepresent facts when it comes to the Progressive Labour Party’s internal business with regards to upcoming elections for leader and deputy leader.
L...
DATE: Oct 14, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
What a difference a month makes.
On September 5, the British public were inundated with newspaper headlines heralding Liz Truss as the next Prime Minister of Britain. She had won the internal election fair and square in a contest against former chanc...
DATE: Oct 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous