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“What's happened is very sad. My condolences to the family. Something's got to be done about the young people. I don't know what's going on. It's affecting the community also. Right now, we've got people in fear.”
That quote could have been offered ...
DATE: Oct 26, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
Justice was seen to be served this week when convicted killer Jaquii Pearman Desilva was sentenced to life imprisonment for the cold-blooded shooting of Prince Edness last year. Pearman Desilva will have lived most of his natural life by the time he ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
Confidence appears to be growing that Bermuda’s economy is headed in the right direction — among consumers and business leaders alike. That conclusion can be drawn from the HSBC Business Confidence Index, details of which were released this week by T...
DATE: Oct 22, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
In any community, there is always a gulf between high-principled ideals and prosaic realities, between promise and actual performance. Bermuda is no exception.
It’s now been almost a half-century since the modern Bermuda Constitution was promulgated....
DATE: Oct 21, 2015
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Does Bermuda really get the America’s Cup? That was the question repeated ad infinitum in the lead-up to one of the most anticipated weeks in the Island’s history — sporting or otherwise.
Among the biggest criticisms, or put-downs, was that the battl...
DATE: Oct 19, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
“What’s important is not the character of a place ... rather the character in the place.”
With one of the preliminary stages of the America’s Cup looming and the grand final but two years away, Plato’s philosophy could be taken on board by Bermudia...
DATE: Oct 16, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
With the America’s Cup show in town, powerful brands are everywhere. Anyone watching the racing this weekend will encounter names such as Louis Vuitton, Land Rover, SoftBank, Emirates, BMW and Bremont. All global brands, words or phrases that carry a...
DATE: Oct 15, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
All too often Bermuda’s politicians and their surrogates like to style themselves as the shark-oil barometers of the public mood. But, just as often, they are actually attempting to manipulate popular sentiment rather than simply measure and mirror i...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
You would have to be blind or wilfully ignorant not to appreciate that something is happening. And that something very big is about to happen.
A little short of ten months ago, it was said and written in copious fashion that Bermuda would become the ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
The news that Atlantic Tele-Networks (ATN), the American telecommunications company, has agreed a deal to take a controlling interest in KeyTech represents something of a vote of confidence in the Island’s economy.
The Nasdaq stock exchange-listed co...
DATE: Oct 08, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion