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Crime stories have been vying with Covid-19 headlines for attention in recent days, and that is bad news for Bermuda.
Two different shootings that left four people wounded on Court Street over the past eight days have been the most shocking incident...
DATE: Aug 06, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
The Government's announcement that it will relax requirements for permanent residence should be welcomed, although it will be likely criticised from both ends of the political spectrum.
Pro-business advocates and supporters of the One Bermuda Allianc...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
The Government won a significant legal victory on July 23 in its efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic when the Chief Justice dismissed a challenge to its mandatory supervised quarantine order for unimmunised travellers.
Narinder Hargun, in a ...
DATE: Aug 02, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
Flora Duffy’s achievement in winning the gold medal in the women’s triathlon at the Tokyo Olympics produces innumerable superlatives.
The first gold medal for Bermuda.
The smallest country by population to win a gold medal.
Only the second medal B...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
Few are coming out of the controversy over mandatory supervised quarantine very well.
That is as true for the opponents of mandatory supervised quarantine, who often display a tenuous grip on science, as it is for the Government, which has appeared ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
For virtually the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government is experiencing sustained criticism of its handling of the crisis.
Perhaps because of the novelty of taking fire from within the Progressive Labour Party and w...
DATE: Jul 02, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch insisted in the House of Assembly last Friday that the demolition of the historic house Wantley will go ahead despite objections from community organisations.
The Minister of Public Works defended the decision in a sta...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
The Bermuda Industrial Union’s work-to-rule and overtime ban will do the union more harm than good.
But that may not stop it from escalating the dispute, and causing harm to the wider community on an issue where it has neither right nor logic on its...
DATE: Jun 16, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
Bermuda has lived for decades with the spectre of foreign governments shattering the economy with the stroke of a pen.
Changing a few words in a tax code could cause immeasurable harm to international businesses, which has as one of its cornerstones...
DATE: Jun 15, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion
It’s official. Bermuda has failed to achieve herd immunity from Covid-19.
On Tuesday, Bermuda administered the final first doses of its stock of the Covid-19 vaccine to recipients. As of Friday, 61 per cent of people had had at least one dose while ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2021
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RG: In our Opinion