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With the festive season very much upon us and much of the world in a tizzy over mounting issues that affect life on this earth, with divisiveness, hatred and violence exacting a heavy toll, this seems an appropriate time to pause and to reflect on wh...
DATE: Dec 16, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Schools across the island are into their last week of the fall term, as the calendar year rumbles to a close. It is evident that schools play an essential part in the development of young people; however, it provides only a portion of their growth.
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DATE: Dec 14, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
Often, far too often, during canvassing over the past few years when we are looking for fellow Bermudians we are finding out that they no longer reside in Bermuda.
We do not yet have exact government figures. However, by our own canvassing figures we...
DATE: Dec 08, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
As the Shadow Minister of Education, I am delighted that “Plan 2022: Bermuda’s Strategic Plan for Public School Education”, the multi–year strategic plan for Bermuda’s public school system has at last been presented to the people of Bermuda.
This com...
DATE: Dec 07, 2017
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The acquisition of Aecon by China Communications Construction Company International may come as a shock to some Bermudians, after the recent approval of the Airport Redevelopment Project this year and the controversy surrounding it. CCCI has agreed t...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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So which is it? Is the Government seriously considering the i-word or not? You may recall that the Junior Minister of Home Affairs, Jason Hayward, who also happens to be the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, was the first government off...
DATE: Dec 04, 2017
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Someone within the Bermuda Tourism Authority believes that an internal e-mail circulated by the chief executive that effectively takes The Royal Gazette to task for misleading the public is newsworthy.
The leaker, whose future at the BTA must surely ...
DATE: Nov 29, 2017
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
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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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron