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MP Charlie Swan’s plans to bring a motion in the House of Assembly calling for a national lottery to be used to fund youth development in sports, arts and music is in line with this newspaper’s long-standing position on gambling.
For about two decad...
DATE: Aug 24, 2012
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Editorials
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Hi Troops!
I am kind of shocked and distressed to find out that it isn’t Friday yet — is anyone else having a really long week or is it just me? Anyway, enough of this complaining, here are the latest Bermuda events:
* The next in the Historical Hear...
DATE: Aug 23, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
The future of any society, large or small, depends on instilling values like decency, honesty and respect in young minds.
Here in Bermuda, in recent decades, too much emphasis has been placed on material success, while crumbling family values leave m...
DATE: Aug 15, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
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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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
