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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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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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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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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers in Bermuda.
Moneywise has an invitation for readers. Please send me your mother/grandmother stories, recipes, and narratives of their wonderful survivor skills for the Bermuda Islander Survival Handbook. Every single...
DATE: May 09, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
If I have learnt anything over the past several decades of working with people and communities to build Algonquin Power & Utilities Corporation, it is that “doing the right thing” is non-negotiable when it comes to how a company such as ours operates...
DATE: May 05, 2020
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In this time and place it helps the psyche to return to the basics, to the everyday things we do to make life worthwhile. Moneywise will return to discussions of financial matters in a few weeks. Right now we all just have to get through this unprece...
DATE: May 02, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Last Sunday, during my morning stroll through Facebook, I glanced at a long thread. Perhaps one of the longest threads in recent local social-media history.
More than 800 comments generated by an extremely false claim that the Bermuda Government was ...
DATE: May 01, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
As National Child Abuse Prevention Month comes to an end, our hope at Saving Children and Revealing Secrets is that the ramifications of the novel coronavirus will be behind us soon so that our children can come out of isolation.
While shelter-in-pla...
DATE: Apr 30, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Debi Ray-Rivers
Bermuda is now under a 24-hour, shelter-in-place until May 2. There have been concerns about gaining access to food and other necessities. However, despite this state of emergency, the Government has reassured us that supply chains have not been disr...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Annabel Fountain