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Rating Bermuda’s performance in the London Olympics — or any sporting event for that matter — is not a job for the fainthearted, as The Royal Gazette’s sports department found out last week.
Comments that Bermuda fell short of medalling and that the...
DATE: Aug 14, 2012
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Editorials
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Bermuda’s economy became tourism-based in the 1940s due to the introduction of the first commercial flights when people travelled here to see Bermuda’s beautiful sand and surf. However, tourism began to suffer due to the abundance of new destinations...
DATE: Aug 13, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Swan and Burchall
August 8, 2012
Dear Sir,
On The Royal Gazette website, I found myself “talking” one-on-one with Cordell Riley of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB), which is a lovely thing for anyone to do — Cordell is one of the good guys. He gave me much ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2012
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Letters to the Editor
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Chief Justice Ian Kawaley’s decision last week to block the transfer of two school principals was a remarkable victory for parents.
Care has to be taken not to overstate its importance, but it seems likely that it means that the Ministry of Education...
DATE: Aug 09, 2012
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Editorials
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August 8, 2012
Dear Sir,
Almost daily, one reads constant criticism of the Progressive Labour Party, by the One Bermuda Alliance, before it the Bermuda Democratic Alliance, and before it the United Bermuda Party. However, you never really hear how th...
DATE: Aug 09, 2012
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Letters to the Editor
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In these times of spiralling national debt and momentous economic and social changes, we are in a “crisis of confidence”. The symptoms of this crisis is all around us:
l Businesses having difficulty meeting obligations
l Job shrinkage in local and in...
DATE: Aug 08, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Sir John Swan
This week I have the good fortune of being in the UK as they host the 2012 Olympic games. Not a typical sports fan, but being here one has little choice but to be swept up in the emotion, drama and excitement of it. And with every compelling story of...
DATE: Aug 07, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
August 3, 2012
Dear Sir,
Al Seymour’s “political addiction” article made a great deal of sense to me. If the article was applied to Government, the addiction would be the “Feel Good Factor”. When the Progressive Labour Party first took power in 1998,...
DATE: Aug 06, 2012
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Letters to the Editor
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Steps to Success: An Attitude of Gratitude
It is “the greatest virtue” described Marcus Cicero (circa 50BC). There are articles which claim it can transform your life, studies that suggest it is an antidote to depression and Oprah Winfrey’s website s...
DATE: Jul 31, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Having outlined issues connected with racial-equity in Bermuda, Kevin Comeau here presents solutions, in the form of four proposed programmes
The first thing to understand about social programmes is that there is no magic bullet. All important publi...
DATE: Jul 30, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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