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Congratulations indeed are in order for Freddie Evans on his appointment as Commissioner of Education. He has made a lasting contribution to education in Bermuda, is well respected by his peers, having been in the system at grassroots level for as lo...
DATE: Mar 10, 2017
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It was the Robin Hood Budget in which Bob Richards took from the rich and gave to the less well-off.
At least that’s how the finance minister would doubtless like it to be portrayed in an election year in which he has scant leeway to dish out sweete...
DATE: Feb 25, 2017
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“Some call it tampee
Some call it weed
Some call it marijuana
Some of them call it ganja
Legalise it and don’t criticise it
Legalise it, ye-ah, ye-ah, and I will advertise it”
It has been more than 40 years since the release of Peter Tosh’s signature...
DATE: Feb 24, 2017
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RG: In our Opinion
The dress rehearsal was not spectacular, but there were many lessons to be learnt from what transpired on December 2, 2016 so that today should go as smoothly as can be expected. If last week was anything to go by, on MPs’ very belated return to the ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017
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In the week that the murder of another young Bermudian male has cast a pall of despair over the country, it is both uplifting and comforting that a handful of the very same demographic can elicit a smile and the encouragement of hope for our future.
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DATE: Feb 01, 2017
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RG: In our Opinion
When outgoing US President Barack Obama lamented the state of democracy in his farewell address to the American public this week, one can only hope that prominent members of our own community were listening. For many of the points he made could just ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2017
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RG: In our Opinion
There are times when words come out of the mouth that as you speak them, and they become readily audible, you wish you could suck them back in and have a do-over.
But hindsight doesn’t work like that. There’s no rewind switch — once it’s out there, i...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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Ever since union leader Chris Furbert let slip on Labour Day that someone “very dear to us” had his work permit expire and was waiting to learn if it would be renewed, the saga of the Reverend Nicholas Tweed has been played out like a highly predicta...
DATE: Dec 31, 2016
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It would be equally naive and disingenuous to proclaim that this is a time for healing in Bermuda. With Christmas falling so soon after the “Pepper Spray Protests”, and our police and politicians in government walking on eggshells, it would take some...
DATE: Dec 23, 2016
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When Andrew Bascome embraced Rastafarianism in the late 1980s, it was the beginning of a healing period that would not reach maturity until Monday morning.
We may never know what inspired the man to utter the three words that changed a run-of-the-mil...
DATE: Dec 14, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion