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Human societies undergo shifts from time to time; for the better or the worse. The sources of those shifts are never fully understood — shrouded in some mystery. In the spring of 1981, during a dispute that mushroomed into a general strike, there...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
For several weeks now I have been suggesting we need a “road map” for Bermuda. A clear and concise plan of how we will get through our present situation and how we will reach the other side of this pandemic.
Like many people in Bermuda, I waited on S...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ben Smith
It has been announced that a major decision in education has been made to not have students sit the checkpoint assessments. Several factors were considered in making this decision, and that means for the second year running these assessments will not...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ben Smith
As Child Abuse Prevention Month ends, we are reminded that the fight against this problem is far from over. When it comes to combating the issue, we look towards the lawmakers, enforcement agencies, educators, child advocates and helping organisation...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Kelly Hunt
The 1960s saw real and explosive change in Bermuda. Given the international background, change abounded globally. In Africa, the Caribbean, and through civil rights and other movements in the United States, a potent environment was established.
On r...
DATE: Apr 23, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
A few weeks back I asked if we could get a road map for Bermuda to climb out of this Covid mess. When you are trying to reach a destination and you need others to follow you, it is important that you have a road map and provide it to others so that t...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ben Smith
Vic Ball, the former One Bermuda Alliance senator and unsuccessful candidate for Constituency 9, Smith’s West, Vic Ball, recently penned an op-ed in which he called on Bermudians to be angry.
Really? Angry?
That’s the feeling that the Opposition wish...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Owen Darrell
It has been Belco’s honour to provide electricity to the homes and businesses on this island for more than a century. During that time, much has changed: consumption of electricity has grown exponentially and our system has been continually improved ...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Twentieth-century Bermuda began as a new diversity. We have the presence of the British and their bases, which invariably meant the residual fallout from many of their global conflicts would end up on our shores.
The “Bully Roosters”, who had active...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
“A leader is a someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improves the system the live under”
— Sam Houston
In the run-up to the last General Election, I was asked by Mike Sharpe what was my greatest fear. I expressed that my grea...
DATE: Apr 13, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball