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Last week, Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief at The Huffington Post, landed on our pink sandy shores. She spoke to a packed ballroom at the Fairmont Southampton about her latest book, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and...
DATE: Apr 17, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
Dear Sir,
I had the need to travel by bus number eight this morning from Hamilton to Southampton. It was early, 8am, and the bus was relatively full of children travelling to school.
As the bus made its way and others boarded at each stop, it was a ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2015
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Letters to the Editor
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Seventy years ago today — April 15, 1945 — British troops entered the fairy tale town of Celle in Lower Saxony and abruptly found themselves on the threshold of hell.
Outside Celle the British units, which included a number of Bermudians who had volu...
DATE: Apr 15, 2015
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
April is Financial Literacy month in the United States. Since we Bermuda residents (at least, some of us) love to mimic our US neighbours in so many trends: styles, investments, entertainment, why not adopt the Financial Literacy Month Initiative her...
DATE: Apr 11, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
“Nobody needs unions” — Bob Stewart, BDA SUN Aug 31, 2012
“Last week’s industrial action was, quite simply, a case of the BTUC and its members protesting in favour of its own selfish interests.” OBA MP Leah Scott, February 10, 2015.
The war against ...
DATE: Apr 10, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Here’s an interesting fact. A child starting school in September 2015 will graduate from university in 2032. Adding a Master’s degree or a PhD will make the date of entry into the work force later by a number of years. That child will likely retire f...
DATE: Apr 07, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
There is increasing alarm throughout the community that behaviour in what should be our honourable House of Parliament has slipped to a point where crucial matters that affect all Bermudians have taken second place to political point-scoring.
The cli...
DATE: Apr 06, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Dear Sir,
The recent Royal Gazette editorial titled “There are no more islands” was a classic piece of writing which underscores our economic reality in the world and an inconvenient truth about our current socio/politico status — particularly when w...
DATE: Apr 04, 2015
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Letters to the Editor
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Dear Sir,
Bermudians were more united under the infamous former Government, Progressive Labour Party, 14 years on. Oh how I miss those days, don’t we all? I’m afraid not!
We had the highest unemployment figures in modern history, if not ever.
We face...
DATE: Apr 01, 2015
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Letters to the Editor
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Enjoy a wonderful evening at the UNESCO World Heritage Site as you join in with the 200th anniversary celebration of Pilot “Jemmy” Darrell in the Town of St George on Saturday, April 11. From 6.30pm until 9.30pm, you can learn about “Jemmy” and other...
DATE: Mar 30, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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