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In November for a number of years, I have written about being grateful as this season always seems to be the time for reflection on who we were as a community, who we are now, what we have, where we are going, and what we hope to achieve in our indiv...
DATE: Nov 25, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
This is in response to E. McNeil Stovell’s Letter to the Editor on November 20, 2017, headlined “Gay people deserve rights but marriage is for men and women”.
First, I would like to thank Mr Stovell for the respectful tone in which he wrote his lette...
DATE: Nov 23, 2017
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On November 5, Bermuda residents became stunningly aware of the radical vulnerability of our island’s economic success.
For more than 30 years, international business has poured billions into the local money supply, infrastructure (buildings), gover...
DATE: Nov 18, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
This is the second in a series of pieces offering a critique of proposals made by the Consultative Immigration Reform Working Group
The Working Group made a number of recommendations in respect of addressing issues relating to long-term residents of...
DATE: Nov 15, 2017
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As the One Bermuda Alliance government minister with responsibility for the 2017 America’s Cup, I was pleased to read PwC’s independent assessment of the event, which clearly demonstrates the significant contribution that AC35 made to Bermuda’s econo...
DATE: Nov 10, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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This is the first of a number of pieces offering a critique of proposals made by the Consultative Immigration Reform Working Group.
Before I begin, it is important to recognise the hard work undertaken by the Working Group over the past 18 months. Mo...
DATE: Nov 09, 2017
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The following is an edited reprint of an essay the author wrote for an economic think-tank that is timely in lieu of the views in British Parliament of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in relation to Bermuda’s tax status
The Britannica Concise Encyclopaed...
DATE: Nov 07, 2017
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We have reached the first milestone of the new Progressive Labour Party administration — the end of its 100-day plan.
Or, as I like to call it, “The Plan To Start A Plan”.
For the record, I strongly dislike the 100-day deadline, as I don’t believe...
DATE: Nov 04, 2017
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The following is a revised speech given at the PLP Annual Delegates Conference
Never in the annals of our modern political history in this country has a political party swept all before it in the manner that occurred on July 18, 2017.
It was a victo...
DATE: Nov 02, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Rolfe Commissiong
Dear Sir,
More than 200,000 children are exploited in India, working in harsh conditions.
Under labour exploitation, without access to education and without having covered their basic needs, these children suffer the consequences of a society that lo...
DATE: Oct 27, 2017
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Letters to the Editor
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