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The Bermuda Government is responsible for many things that affect our daily lives. Think of health standards, garbage collection, taxation, education, firefighting, child services, libraries, parks ...
The list goes on, but if you boiled it down to ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2016
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The issue of same-sex marriage must be addressed with due consideration for every human being, but we are not the only country who has faced this issue.
There are several countries around the world that recognise same-sex marriage: Argentina, Canada,...
DATE: Aug 12, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Sir John Swan
Dear Sir,
Sixty years brings with it the working value of two generations and September 2016 happens to be the 60th anniversary of the opening of the former Bermuda Technical Institute.
The school opened in 1956 and closed in 1972 — basically a 16-ye...
DATE: Aug 11, 2016
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Letters to the Editor
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Are we there yet? This is a question frequently asked by persons on a journey to a place not yet known to them.
In 1834, England declared that all enslaved persons throughout the British Empire were to be set free of slavery. August 1 was to be their...
DATE: Aug 05, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
As we move about the community, our countrymen are saying time and time again that they are tired of politicians politicising crime as if they can singularly and magically make criminality disappear overnight. Bermudians are telling us that words of ...
DATE: Aug 03, 2016
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When I was much younger, my interests perhaps could have been best described as mechanical and mathematical. I certainly had no inclination towards sociology or psychology. However, a series of events led me along a path that resulted in baccalaureat...
DATE: Jul 30, 2016
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Drowning remains a significant worldwide public health concern. It ranks as the third leading cause of unintentional injury death, accounting for 7 per cent of all injury-related fatalities.
It is a particularly major cause of disability and mortalit...
DATE: Jul 26, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Joe Yammine, MD
Across the island, there is a growing sense that something is deeply wrong in Bermuda. For too many of us, the economy is not working for us. Many of us have come to the realisation that the people we elected to government have spent more time lookin...
DATE: Jul 25, 2016
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Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something — Wilson Mizner.
Gambling is public, or often, privately conducted. It is confusing to us personally to understand the reasoning and motivation behind gambling itself. We will hold back our cas...
DATE: Jul 23, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
It has been an exhilarating few weeks for Bermuda’s rising rugby union stars. A squad of talented young men went to Miami for the Rugby Americas North Under-19 Championship, while some of our inspiring young women have been attending a camp at Life U...
DATE: Jul 23, 2016
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion