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The recent assassination of the Haitian president Jovenel Moïse has sent shock waves throughout the Western hemisphere. Haiti, which is known as the first of the enslaved colonies to break free and declare independence, has long suffered from authori...
DATE: Jul 10, 2021
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Khalid Wasi
An editorial the other day told the Progressive Labour Party that "the honeymoon is over".
Perhaps the government had already been extended more than a honeymoon; a period of grace or a temporary period given as a sanctuary when there is suspension ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2021
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Khalid Wasi
It's time to get down to some “brass tacks” and put some clarity on where we are and in what direction we should be heading. I know it is so easy to recall that Bermuda was colonised through a shipwreck of British adventurers heading to Virginia and ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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Khalid Wasi
Today's world of Covid realities has a new and present-day dilemma aside from that of strictly health implications. This is a time that requires every bit of our active reasoning to navigate through a plethora of theories and opinions. Families and s...
DATE: Jun 30, 2021
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Khalid Wasi
Maybe it is a sign of old age when one becomes sensitive about subjects such as democracy or the lack thereof. Certainly, day-to-day management items tend rather to look at the implications of broader moves that affect the freedoms and livelihood of ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2021
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Khalid Wasi
While speculation over whether Joe Biden and the Democrats can hold on to the 2020 election victory and stave off a Donald Trump return with the Republicans can appear as a relevant debate, by comparison in Bermuda there is no such speculation here o...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Khalid Wasi
It would be remiss of me to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, known also as the bombing of “Black Wall Street”, and not mention those equivalent attitudes and actions happening in Bermuda.
No, there were no aircraft flyin...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Khalid Wasi
What can we learn from the politics on display in the United States at present, particularly with the likes of Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader, flip-flopping over an inquiry for seeming political reasons?
OK, before anyone says I am a De...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Khalid Wasi
For several years the Palestinian-Israeli situation had escaped the main news. I was suspicious of the Abraham Accord signed off on during the Trump presidency; it appeared one-sided. There are, and have been, many actions and actors in the decades-o...
DATE: May 27, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Back in 1967 there was a song popularised by the Beatles titled Love Is All You Need. They were on to something, capturing the fact that love is more than just a romantic idea; it is truly the essence of life, the substance of joy, and if you don't h...
DATE: May 24, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi