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“When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice.”
These were words spoken by American entertainer Kanye West that speak to the complete lack of knowledge of the true horrors of 500 years of European colonialism ...
DATE: May 11, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
That white males earn 70 per cent more than black men in the category of personal income with respect to full-time employment of those aged 16 and above in the 2016 census should be pause for significant concern.
Similarly, the companion statistic t...
DATE: May 11, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Rolfe Commissiong
I have been clear in saying I deeply regret the creation of our new Domestic Partnership Act 2018, which takes away marriage equality for same sex couples.
The United Nations has an entire area devoted to sexual orientation and I quote from its websi...
DATE: May 08, 2018
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May 5 is the recognised day for highlighting the work of midwives. International Day of the Midwife was launched in 1992 when the International Confederation of Midwives asked the world to focus on the role of midwives and midwifery, and to widen the...
DATE: May 04, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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On March 19, I attended the reading of the British Virgin Islands Budget 2018-19. Having just finished our own Budget session, I was very interested in witnessing their procedures.
While sitting in the gallery, I was sent a note asking me to sit with...
DATE: Apr 27, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
We seek and deserve an overdue apology from Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education and Workforce Development. This is not because the Bow-tied One has gone out of his way to create a war footing with The Royal Gazette. It is because there is the li...
DATE: Apr 27, 2018
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Dear Sir,
The sorry saga between Freddie Evans and the Government can be summed up as follows:
He is hired as Commissioner of Education and successfully makes it through his probationary period. Then he is, almost, sort of, “fired”, his professional ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2018
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Letters to the Editor
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Dear Sir,
I would like to draw the attention of the relevant government department responsible for removing the abandoned and rusted white pick-up truck in the bus lay-by on Marsh Folly Road, east of Bishop Spencer Road.
This has been sitting roadsi...
DATE: Apr 24, 2018
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The Bermuda High School has taken a giant step into the future by introducing technology into its curriculum.
Although technology is an extension to its core for which it already had an impressive reputation and a model example of achievement, this ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2018
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I read with interest the opinion of Government MP Christopher Famous begging for the opposition OBA to “oppose” in his April 13, 2018 opinion piece, headlined, “Empty vessels but still no noise coming out of the opposition”. It appears the PLP is sti...
DATE: Apr 19, 2018
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