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On the same day that Bermudians go to the polls for the same-sex marriage vote next week, another referendum will be taking place some 3,500 miles away that will have a potentially greater impact on this island’s future prospects.
Britons will be dec...
DATE: Jun 16, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
Traffic came to a literal standstill in Bermuda on Saturday. The gridlock lasted throughout the day when construction work on Harbour Road resulted in thousands of motorists heading both to and from the western parishes being snarled in endless traff...
DATE: Jun 14, 2016
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This week she became the presumptive Democratic nominee for the United States presidency, the first woman to be selected as the standard-bearer for either of the two major political parties. Given the all too obvious shortcomings of the Republican ca...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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In many ways, the United States Constitution and the entire American experiment can be argued to be the supreme products of the Age of Reason.
From its birth, America has been a society predicated on enlightened principles, one that has continuously...
DATE: Jun 08, 2016
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It was a sweltering Bermuda afternoon in August 1965. The average person, local and visitor alike, felt as drained of energy as a dead car battery. But then Muhammad Ali was not the least bit average.
Crowned the world heavyweight boxing champion le...
DATE: Jun 06, 2016
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Our politicians need to stop kicking the can down Bermuda’s increasingly ill-maintained and potholed roads.
After years of stopgap measures, piecemeal and patchwork repairs and pared-down funding, Bermuda must finally establish a comprehensive long-t...
DATE: Jun 03, 2016
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There are two men in custody for the murder of Patrick Dill. They may or may not be guilty of the crime, but the wider question is: what is Bermuda going to do about a problem that is eating away at our community.
Not the black community. Not the whi...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
And so we have come to the end of another Bermuda National School Salute. Bigger and better was the ambition for the second edition and, by all accounts, it has been mission accomplished.
But we still have some ways to go for the schoolchildren who r...
DATE: May 23, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
It’s graduation season. At the Bermuda College this week, a new crop of freshly minted graduates were offered sage advice on life and the never-ending pursuit of knowledge and excellence by Opposition senator Kim Wilkerson, the commencement speaker. ...
DATE: May 21, 2016
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We have not had a fatality on Bermuda’s roads for 37 days, but that has not been for the want of trying. The number of near misses since Taiwan Smith lost his life on April 11 is ridiculous and should give cause for this island to take proper stock o...
DATE: May 18, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion