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Dear Sir,
Great tributes have been written about Eva Hodgson in the past few days by Meredith Ebbin, Rolfe Commissiong, Dawn Simmons and Leah Scott. All true and well deserved.
I knew Dr Hodgson through my late husband, John Stubbs. He and Dr Hodgson...
DATE: Jun 04, 2020
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Letters to the Editor
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On a global scale, countries implemented lockdown or “shelter-in-place” policies, consigning millions of people to their homes and shutting down businesses of all kinds. The fear of contracting Covid-19 pervaded the atmosphere, from the fear of being...
DATE: Jun 04, 2020
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Other
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Educator, author and activist Eva Hodgson is best known as an antiracism campaigner.
Letters to newspaper editors she has written since the 1960s and publications she has authored have had race relations as their overriding theme.
Her outspokenness ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Meredith Ebbin
The officers and members of the Progressive Labour Party are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of Bermuda’s most prolific warriors in the fight for civil rights and racial equality, the indomitable Eva Naomi Hodgson, PhD, OBE.
Dr Hodgson ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2020
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This is part two of an article on suggestions to raise revenue during Bermuda’s covid recovery.
Our government has utilised significant, precious financial resources to assist thousands of local residents: the unemployed, and those temporarily or mad...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
How will the Bermuda economy get back on its feet after a recession unlike any other the island has ever seen? Today, The Royal Gazette is inviting readers to offer their ideas.
More than 9,000 people have been laid off in the space of two months, ...
DATE: May 21, 2020
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Other
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The Third Sector has played a critical role in Bermuda’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. For many it feels like the first time the sector as a whole has been widely recognised for the role it plays in building the wellbeing of our community.
The ...
DATE: May 21, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Nicola Paugh
There is a school of thought that we must find a balance between protecting people from Covid-19 and from the serious damage to our economy that will occur as a result of people not working and business closure.
Let’s be honest; many people may take ...
DATE: May 19, 2020
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Other
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This is part one of suggestions to Curtis Dickinson, Minister of Finance, to raise capital and jump-start the “new normal” Bermuda economy.
The three most important responsibilities every government has towards its citizens, according to the World E...
DATE: May 16, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Bermuda is facing financial disaster as a result of the coronavirus crisis — a recession that will make the Great Recession of 2008 look positively buoyant by comparison.
This is not hyperbole; it is the only conclusion that can be drawn from Curtis...
DATE: May 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion