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The decision by the Bermuda Post Office to expand its international courier service should have come as no surprise to anyone. After all, its Business Plan 2020 was announced in the House of Assembly a year ago and one of the deliverables was parcel-...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Raynor
I read Khalid Wasi’s response to my op-ed entitled “Know your place” with interest and some bemusement. Typically, it contained once again his revisionist take on Bermuda’s mid to late 20th-century history for about the 500th time.
Khalid, please le...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Rolfe Commissiong
Dear Sir,
The Leader of the Opposition, Cole Simons, gave a Reply to the Throne Speech last week and he gave stark warnings about the rising level of youth violence and gun crime occurring on the island. He called upon the Premier to increase resourc...
DATE: Nov 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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AUTHOR:
Letters to the Editor
Ho-hum, another Throne Speech marks the start of a new parliamentary session. I have seen and heard a number over the years, maybe as many as 50, dating back to my years in journalism, and even had a hand in a few, dating back to my years in governme...
DATE: Nov 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
It is a fairly simple task to pillory Wayne Furbert for his recent ham-handed handling of plans to reform the Bermuda Post Office.
The Minister for the Cabinet Office blundered into a storm of controversy when he defended plans to have the Post Offi...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Editorials
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AUTHOR:
RG: In our Opinion
I know we are all concerned about the recent return of gun violence and gang-related activities. The dilemma reveals the level of hate and insensitivity to life that has overtaken the minds of too many of our young men and women — prompting the deep...
DATE: Nov 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
“This is not who we are, this is not what we want to be known for, this is not the way of life we want for ourselves or for our children.”
So said Darrin Simons, the Acting Commissioner of Police, in the wake of Tuesday’s mass shooting in the Robin H...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Editorials
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AUTHOR:
RG: In our Opinion
I recall years ago hearing the buzzwords “tipping point” and, of late, "inflection point" as maybe appropriate. I have to say that based on personal experience with the labour market, the early Nineties were our tipping point. I was fortunate to grow...
DATE: Oct 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
The bus service seems to have been in the news more often than any other government department or agency. Certainly, more than tourism, one of the twin pillars of our economy. This important mode of transport to many has had a tumultuous time these p...
DATE: Oct 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Raynor
My friend Wynette Tucker urged me on many occasions to interview her neighbour, Gwendolyn Smith. Mrs Smith, she said, was anxious to share what she knew about a tomato factory that existed in Smith’s Parish when she was a girl. I had been the distric...
DATE: Oct 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Cecille Snaith-Simmons
