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The 2015 Labour Force Survey released last month revealed that unemployment in Bermuda had dropped to 7 per cent. That was a cause of celebration for some, without going over the top, while others bemoaned that the “real” figures — the numbers behind...
DATE: Jan 25, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
What were they thinking?
Some serious questions need to be answered about why the Spirit of Bermudachose to put to sea with a party of schoolchildren on a day when you didn't need to consult a barometer to accurately predict the weather conditions.
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DATE: Jan 22, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
The most striking element of Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address as President of the United States was the declaration to take the fight against the world’s most skilled and elusive killer to unprecedented levels.
Some proclaimed that Tue...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
It’s difficult to go for very long without hearing about the millennial generation. Loosely described as people now aged between 20 and 35, there seems to be a widespread fascination with how they live and what they want from work. Type “what baby bo...
DATE: Jan 14, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
Arguably his entire adult life was a work of art in continual progress. On and off the stage, David Bowie was one of the great showmen of modern times, maybe of all time. He channelled his prodigious creative energies not only into his work but into ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
Not one death on Bermuda’s roads is acceptable. And after a weekend when the country has buried one young man, while two fortunate others are recuperating in hospital, our leaders must continue to grapple with ways by which we can reach farther into ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
Did he or didn’t he? That has been the question that world leaders and those who fear for our future wellbeing will have been pondering since Kim Jong Un announced on Wednesday that he had tested North Korea’s first hydrogen bomb.
The truth of the ma...
DATE: Jan 08, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
He was the Flo Ziegfeld of the disco era, the Richard D’Oyly Carte of rock operas and the Brian Epstein figure to some of the biggest names in popular music, including the Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, Cream, The Who, Rod Stewart and David Bowie.
The New Y...
DATE: Jan 07, 2016
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When Duncan Hall, the advertising features editor, was handed the assignment to compile the traditional end-of-the-year review in The Royal Gazette he may not have realised the challenge ahead.
That he crafted such a varied and informative section wa...
DATE: Jan 05, 2016
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For decades, Bermuda has been a hostage to the vagaries of the global oil market. The biggest impact of the price of oil can be seen in our electricity cost, which in turn impacts the running costs of every home and business. The cost of filling up t...
DATE: Jan 04, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion