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“Virtually every industry in existence is likely to become less labour-intensive as new technology is assimilated into business models — and that transition could happen quite rapidly.” — Martin Ford (Rise of the Robots)
“White-collar service indus...
DATE: Sep 16, 2015
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I’ve heard it said, that Cleveland Counties new motto is: “To Be or Not To Be” (Champions!)
Let’s go over the chronology and the known facts, if you will:
A, The perennial Eastern Counties minnows finally win the cup outright on the field of play and...
DATE: Aug 07, 2015
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The Finance Minister’s recent press statement contained the following: “Changes in the black working population and white population are indeed significant and are something of note.”
This tidbit came after the Minister and his Government found them...
DATE: Jan 22, 2015
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I guess the question I must pose to all of you is, how is that “shared sacrifice” idea that the OBA has been touting, been working out for you lately?
Certainly, we know that with regard to significant numbers of the unemployed — most of whom are bla...
DATE: Nov 20, 2014
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The data entry in the Labour Force Survey on unemployment produced by the Department of Statistics and which reflected the 2013 numbers, said it all. Black unemployment stood at a persistently high 9% in Bermuda last year, while unemployment levels f...
DATE: Nov 03, 2014
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We Bermudians just love to have it both ways. It is a trait that is deeply ingrained in us and one that manifests itself in just about every facet of our lives. The recent removal of Grant Gibbons as the leader of the United Bermuda Party and the ele...
DATE: Apr 12, 2006
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“Information breeds confidence. Silence, breeds fear...”
- Unknown
Now that the election date has been finally set for July 24, I am now prepared to go on record with what may come as a shock to some - particularly those in the United Bermuda Party a...
DATE: Jun 12, 2003
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'Labour and Home Affairs Minister has called for a cap on work permits' - The Royal Gazette
'...Kit Astwood released statistics which showed projected jobs in the Bermuda economy were rising steadily while the local population wasn't rising nearly so...
DATE: Feb 14, 2003
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'Only God knows, and since He isn't talking, nobody knows'
From the biography of Alexander Gershenkron
"The Fly Swatter"
By: Nicholas Dawidoff
Well, I am back and it has been a beautiful summer, absolutely wonderful, especially considering that it ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2002
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Perhaps it was appropriate that my journey to Africa - in this case South Africa - began in New York City. After all it was as a somewhat radicalised young man living in this city that I first encountered and befriended a number of dissident South Af...
DATE: Sep 01, 2001
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