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It is no secret that Bermuda is living with a huge public debt that continues to get bigger every year. The gravity of the situation for all Bermudians should not be underestimated. The Bermuda Government’s gross outstanding debt stands at $2.25 bill...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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Retirement should be a pleasant prospect, replete with relaxation after a hard few decades’ work, more time with loved ones, nice overseas trips and more time pursuing the pastimes we really enjoy. However, the idyllic vision of the “golden years” is...
DATE: Nov 26, 2015
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It is with no little satisfaction and a sizeable helping of humility that we can now signal the death knell for dark-tinted helmet visors and their mirrored cousins that also conceal identity.
The campaign that we have waged since the MoneyShop robb...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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Justice was seen to be served this week when convicted killer Jaquii Pearman Desilva was sentenced to life imprisonment for the cold-blooded shooting of Prince Edness last year. Pearman Desilva will have lived most of his natural life by the time he ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2015
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With the America’s Cup show in town, powerful brands are everywhere. Anyone watching the racing this weekend will encounter names such as Louis Vuitton, Land Rover, SoftBank, Emirates, BMW and Bremont. All global brands, words or phrases that carry a...
DATE: Oct 15, 2015
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Every generation likes to consider itself to be more intelligent, more capable and entirely more virtuous than the one which preceded it. And every generation likes to think it has either attained or is close to attaining the very pinnacle of human p...
DATE: Sep 24, 2015
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It’s September and Bermuda’s children crept unwillingly back to school this month. Doubtless many of them are already counting the days until the Christmas holidays begin — as are their parents, although for altogether different reasons.
The start of...
DATE: Sep 22, 2015
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Bermuda can count itself fortunate to be home to the Green family. Their purchase of the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, the $90 million makeover that has followed, the development of the hotel’s beach club on the site of the former Sonesta hotel in ...
DATE: Sep 17, 2015
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Economic inequality is increasingly an issue on the Island and not only between those who have jobs and those who do not.
The widening gap between the best paid in our community and the lowest paid should not be ignored. On an Island of this size, t...
DATE: Sep 10, 2015
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Upon the completion last weekend of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event in Gothenburg, Sweden, all eyes turned genuinely towards Bermuda.
After all that has been said and written, that superyacht of possibilities is heading our way fas...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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