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“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel,” the great Samuel Johnson once said, and while it would be completely unfair to characterise the Premier in that way, her use of patriotism in attacking Shadow Finance Minister ET (Bob) Richards carried ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2012
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The continuing deterioration in the economy means that Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox is caught between a rock and a hard place as she prepares to deliver the Budget tomorrow.
The growing budget deficit, and all indications are that it is wor...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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In 2007, this newspaper warned that the requirement that Bermudians married to non-Bermudians would have to get a licence to own real estate would backfire.
An editorial warned that while the goal of preventing “fronting” was justified, the method w...
DATE: Feb 22, 2012
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Blaming society for criminal behaviour has become such a cliché that many people simply disregard it when trying to understand why people commit serious crimes. But the letter written by campaigner Sheelagh Cooper on behalf of Noet Barnett gives vast...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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A great many positive things have been written and said about Alf Oughton, who died last week, and it is unnecessary to repeat them all here. But what is indisputable is that Mr Oughton, a former Senate President and before that, chief general manage...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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Ombudsman Arlene Brock has every right to launch investigations off her own bat if it is the public interest.
So Environment Minister Marc Bean was wrong to criticise her when he took her to task for her report on Government’s Special Development Ord...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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There was some good news in the 2011 tourism figures released on Monday by Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert.
Mr Furbert, who took over the Ministry in the October Cabinet reshuffle, was able to announce that total arrivals increased by 12 percent to a...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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There’s a good deal of political point-scoring going on around Parliamentary salary cuts, and it is important to remember first principles in this.
First, it is welcome news that the Progressive Labour Party Government has finally embraced the idea ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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What is shocking about the fact that Boulevard Football Club forfeited its match against Somerset Trojans after two of its players were given what amounted to death threats if they crossed Somerset Bridge is that no one was very shocked by the news. ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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More than the many other business closures of recent months, the announcement that the Green Lantern restaurant on Serpentine Road is to close has resonated deeply in the community.
The owners of the 70-year-old institution have blamed the decision o...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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