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A few months ago I was invited to the Association of Bermuda International Companies Education Awards function, celebrating multitudes of Bermudians who had received scholarships over many years. As I looked around the room, I saw Bermudians of every...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Nova Scotia just returned the liberal government back to power. Although there was clearly movement closing the gap between them and the opposition parties, the result shows that there is still tremendous support for the liberals, perhaps somewhat bo...
DATE: Jun 07, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
The topic of same-sex marriage has had a heightened presence in the news in recent memory. However, contrary to Bermuda’s longstanding perspective, for various sociological and societal reasons, this issue has highlighted the incontrovertible fact th...
DATE: Jun 05, 2017
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There has been a lot said about progress the One Bermuda Alliance has made during its term versus the past. People hold and share many opinions about whether or not we have made positive inroads. Has progress been made during the OBA’s tenure as the ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2017
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Dear Sir,
It was a pleasure to see my alma mater, Harrington Sound Primary School, profiled in the May 17 supplement of the excellent Salute to Schools programme.
The listing of principals was particularly interesting. Two names that stood out were K...
DATE: May 20, 2017
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Letters to the Editor
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The tributes to the late David Saul cannot conclude without a mention of his significant contribution in the development of the vision for a postsecondary institution on the island.
Dr Saul was the self-described “midwife” in the birth of Bermuda Co...
DATE: May 19, 2017
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Other
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Dear Sir,
I would like to draw the attention of the Bermuda Road Safety Council and the transport minister to the reckless driving that has invaded Bermuda.
With two road deaths in a period of 24 hours last week, it is high time that measures are tak...
DATE: May 17, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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Sharing time with some Native American friends in Canada tuned me into some of my own latent sentiments, which seem cyclic. It may be hard to imagine what some Native Americans can experience, particularly since the rhetoric that exploded on the Amer...
DATE: May 15, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Dear Sir,
All through my 68 years of growing up, I have always been of the understanding that the only way for light to be produced was for the coming together of both the forces of negative and positive — there was no other way, period.
For as far a...
DATE: May 15, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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Mothers have an incredible physiological uniqueness yet to be duplicated by the male species. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World published in 1932 with his predictions of test tube babies produced en masse may be closer to realisation; but for today, ev...
DATE: May 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron