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This week, thousands of athletes will start to descend on Bermuda to take part in the Island Games. With them will also come a posse of press people wielding cameras and video cameras.
First impressions will count. It is what the athletes and the med...
DATE: Jul 08, 2013
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All the unions in Bermuda are meeting this week to go through the details of a Government pay offer. It is a crucial week — the decision, or decisions, made will have significant ramifications for the Island
Accept what Government is offering and the...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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It appears almost Thatcher-esque and, while there may be good intentions, there are an awful lot of unanswered questions.
In a shake-up of financial assistance, if you are unemployed you may be referred for drug abuse assessment and you may be requir...
DATE: Jul 02, 2013
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Over the last few days in The Royal Gazette, there have been many reasons to be cheerful.
There was a story about a young Bermudian rapper, Lil Quan, heading off to BET to take part in a competition, another story highlighted the 40 members of the Ho...
DATE: Jul 01, 2013
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Workers go on a sympathy work stoppage which results in a backlog of garbage. They receive two-and-a-half days pay for the four-day stoppage. To clear the backlog, they are given overtime.
Is there something wrong with that opening paragraph? How man...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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Attorney General Mark Pettingill has now apologised for statements in the House of Assembly when he criticised religiously motivated opponents of amendments to the Human Rights Act.
Although no doubt a chastening experience, it was the correct course...
DATE: Jun 24, 2013
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In the eyes of many around the world, Bermuda is probably now demonised as the so-called tax haven that shields multinational companies from the billions of dollars they owe.
The billions that could go to job-creating initiatives in countries suffer...
DATE: Jun 20, 2013
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It has been a long time coming, but at last sexual orientation has been added to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination.
Now the Island has, in this regard at least, moved into the 21st century. It is a mature decision and the MPs need to b...
DATE: Jun 18, 2013
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It is not by any means a scientific poll, but perhaps an indicator of how the Country is thinking.
Yesterday a poll on www.royalgazette.com asked: If Government holds a referendum on gaming later this year, which way will you vote?” There were 3,067 ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2013
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It was the first real Parliamentary test for Premier Craig Cannonier — the issue of ‘Jetgate’, as it has now, inevitably, been christened.
Reports in this newspaper have shown that the issue started with a trip by the Premier and two Cabinet Minister...
DATE: Jun 03, 2013
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