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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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Opinion Writer
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Christopher Famous
“I’m not voting.”
“I have never voted.”
“All politicians are the same.”
Statements made frequently. At first listen, I wonder why anyone would even have this rationale? Then I remember that many in my generation had this very same attitude at one po...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“No one left behind”
This was but one of the fancy slogans used by the One Bermuda Alliance during the late stages of its 2012 campaign.
What it truly meant with those words is anyone’s guess
What people have seen with its actions has been a lot mor...
DATE: Oct 28, 2015
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Christopher Famous
“The phrase ‘All politics is local’ is used commonly in American politics. Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill is most closely associated with this phrase, which encapsulates the principle that a politician’s success is tied directly to the pers...
DATE: Oct 16, 2015
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Christopher Famous
“Oft as we can we’ll come back again”
On Friday, the Berkeley Family will be having yet another family reunion. It has been a longstanding tradition that every October we honour our founding fathers of the Berkeley Institute at the event known as Fo...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
• On February 22, 2014, it was revealed that tourism minister Shawn Crockwell and Mark Pettingill, then the attorney-general, had spent $50,000 on a three-day trip to Singapore.
• Early summer 2015, it was revealed that the Bermuda Tourism Authority ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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Christopher Famous
On Saturday afternoon, a lady walked up to another lady and gave her a firm hug. She then went on to say that she was so happy that she had brought her two sons to learn about their African history and culture.
With tears in her eyes, she went on to ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Dear Brother Jason “Church” Hayward,
Your stance in January 2015 for the workers of Bermuda has become one of labour movement legends. Along with other union leaders, you energised thousands to take a unified stand at the Cabinet grounds for three da...
DATE: Sep 04, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
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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AUTHOR:
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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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous