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Dear Sir,
Yet another government property has been allowed to deteriorate. Why have successive governments permitted so many buildings to deteriorate and, when it is too late, end up spending considerable amounts of taxpayers’ money to restore them t...
DATE: Aug 31, 2021
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
“The pen is mightier than the sword” is a word picture as a metaphor created by an English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839, which characterises how powerful and superior effective words, information and even education can be in resolving conflict...
DATE: Aug 30, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Before the summer break, the Senate debated legislation that allowed the Government to extend the financial-assistance payment limit by two years. In practical terms, the change allowed eligible, able-bodied recipients of financial assistance to rece...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Robin Tucker
Buying a piece of the rock in Bermuda, like most things, ends up costing more when compared with buying property in other countries, such as the United States and Britain. Not just because of the high cost of real estate, but with the high mortgage r...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Raynor
Dear Sir,
While Khalid Wasi applauded Andrew Cuomo’s decision to resign as Governor of New York, I suspect many women around the state’s capital and all across New York were dancing in the streets in joyous response.
We’re tired of all the lame, gro...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
As the American military pulled out of Afghanistan, Kabul fell with stunning speed to determined fighters with medieval desires about everything but the accoutrements of war.
Taleban fighters with their long beards and long guns drove through the ci...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robin Givhan
The Bermuda Turtle Project is anxious to get back out onto the water this month to get a clearer picture of sea turtle abundance. Due to the restrictions brought upon us all by the pandemic, we have been unable to do any in-water research for nearly ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Jennifer Gray
The Delta variant of Covid-19 is well and truly in Bermuda now.
Last night, the health ministry reported that 92 people had Covid-19, up from just 19 a mere three weeks ago.
Of those 92 cases, the vast majority are the Delta variant, which is more i...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Over the past week, the Caribbean region has lost two of its foremost statesmen. Similar in age and political era.
Both were part of the political maturation of their respective islands, closely involved in the leadership that took their countries fr...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
With the threat from the Delta variant bearing down across the United States, it is almost hard to remember the heady days this summer when many of us were experiencing relief, joy, even euphoria as we began to resurface from the pandemic. Barbecues ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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