369 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Khalid Wasi
SOS! There is an urgent need to have put forward a few direct questions that have real-time significance and are of national importance.
What must one do in Bermuda to attain justice or even relief, if everyone from the very head of our judicial fram...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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Khalid Wasi
Many persons were of the opinion that David Burt's slight against the Governor over the assent of the Cannabis legislation was a prelude to the long-held dream, if not commitment, of the Progressive Labour Party to lead the country to independence.
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DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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Khalid Wasi
The Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses in Bermuda is a noble pursuit, certainly a needed inquiry longed for by many, given the history of irregular property acquisitions in the mid-20th century.
One would recall when this motion was firs...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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Khalid Wasi
Can I make the assessment such as that made with the former United Bermuda Party that suggests that we are now at the end of another socio-political life cycle?
It was very easy to see that the UBP had run its course and that its time was up with th...
DATE: Mar 10, 2021
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Khalid Wasi
I listened to Marc Bean’s interview and if I had any confusion about where at least he stands, it became crystal clear in his own words. On reflection, the best thing Marc did during the election was to introduce the term Free Democratic "Movement", ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2021
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Khalid Wasi
I recall many years ago working with Eva Robinson and W.E. Rudolph Joell, who ran several times unsuccessfully for mayor. We had a "back of town" committee back in the Seventies. Of course, the issues then were what was deemed as unequal treatment of...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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Khalid Wasi
I remember the Golden Hinds fiasco perhaps 30 or so years ago, where a feud between a couple of United Bermuda Party government ministers destroyed an opportunity to develop that property into a brand-new, luxury Ritz-Carlton.
The development was fi...
DATE: Mar 01, 2021
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Khalid Wasi
LaVerne Furbert left an indelible mark in the history and conscience of Bermuda's social and political psychic. The one trait she would be known for above all was as a loyal supporter and advocate of the Progressive Labour Party and the Bermuda Indus...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Let me first declare my personal interest in the subject of cannabis. I won't be like the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, who said he smoked it but did not inhale. I did inhale — and thus begins my story.
I couldn't handle it be...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Khalid Wasi
A few months ago I greeted a couple of Pacific Islanders and helped them find accommodations. I naturally asked how they liked being in Bermuda. To which their response was that they found the work environment much more comfortable. “How so?” was my ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi