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Long before the tragic death of Kirsta Simons, The Royal Gazette has been snapping at the heels of the Department of Child and Family Services as a result of reports getting back to us that young people in government care were not getting the best ou...
DATE: Feb 10, 2020
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RG: In our Opinion
The turn of a decade is often the occasion when pundits look back on the successes and failures of the previous ten years and look ahead to the future.
There always will be pedants who insist that the new decade does not start until 2021, and others...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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RG: In our Opinion
Curtis Dickinson’s pre-Budget report makes for depressing reading and shows the enormity of the task before the finance minister as he prepares to present his latest Budget in the next few weeks.
At first glance, there might appear to be some green ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2020
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RG: In our Opinion
Newspapers often get criticised for reporting only the “bad news”, but the announcement last week that there were no murders recorded in 2019 is good news indeed and should, with a caveat, be celebrated.
The caveat, of course, is that Bermuda’s expe...
DATE: Jan 28, 2020
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RG: In our Opinion
The term “Two Bermudas” has been bandied about over the years to the point of overuse. That is because it has come to mean all things to all people whenever the mood strikes — politics, education, immigration, religion, same-sex marriage, healthcare,...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
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RG: In our Opinion
American President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said in the depths of the Great Depression that “we have nothing to fear but fear itself” — and this captures the economic quandary Bermuda is in as 2020 dawns.
When businesses and individuals have c...
DATE: Jan 08, 2020
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
The argument between David Burt and Progressive Labour Party chairman Damon Wade helps to show why the Premier’s recent assault on the status quo and white establishment businesses is bad for the economy, bad policy — and probably won’t help the peop...
DATE: Jan 07, 2020
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
In his speech to the Progressive Labour Party and in his later curtailed statement to the House of Assembly last month, David Burt provided some details on the Government’s plans to allow holders of private pension funds to withdraw a portion of the ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2019
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RG: In our Opinion
Imagine a world where buying groceries worked like this:
Each month, you pay a certain amount into a fund, call it a food premium fund, to cover most of your grocery-buying expenses.
If you’re employed, you have to join with your work colleagues in ...
DATE: Dec 20, 2019
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
It took a while, but many people have awoken to just how extensive the Government’s proposed health financing reforms are — the recent Patients 1st meeting had an attendance that was essentially twice that of the consultation organised by the Ministr...
DATE: Dec 11, 2019
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion