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In a world obsessed with materialistic and economic gain, with people stumbling over one another in a rush to be on the frontline of what they perceive as success, something more precious than gold could be drifting away, paving the way for a more ca...
DATE: Oct 28, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Last week, Baltimore lost its representative, America lost a hero, and I lost my mentor and the namesake of my son, Eli.
Elijah E. Cummings leaves behind an invaluable legacy as a congressman for Baltimore for more than two decades and as a champion ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2019
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Dear Sir,
What follows is a late response to the independence forum I attended last summer. Considering how important the topic is to future generations, I thought the forum was about as well attended as Jeffrey Dahmer’s funeral.
I recall overhearin...
DATE: Oct 22, 2019
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
The Progressive Labour Party government recently passed three Acts in the House and Senate that allow for increased investment in our Economic Empowerment Zones in Somerset, St George’s and North East Hamilton. The three Acts are the Economic Develop...
DATE: Oct 14, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
Considering the role of Bermudian investments and their effect on you and your family. Your first thought: what! I don’t even have an investment account, so this type of article doesn’t affect me.
Wait. Read on.
Oh, yes investments influence you, in...
DATE: Oct 12, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Dear Sir, parents, teachers, students and stakeholders of the public school system,
“The education of African people is an urgent necessity. It is a matter of life and death. We cannot abide another generation of children who have no identity and wh...
DATE: Oct 12, 2019
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
The results are in. The Trump tax cuts resulted in most families saving so little that majorities continue to insist they see no difference in their paycheques. But one very small group made out spectacularly.
According to figures put together by eco...
DATE: Oct 10, 2019
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If parts of Judge Allison Burroughs’s decision in the Harvard affirmative-action case don’t seem to make sense, it’s not entirely her fault. She was bound by the Supreme Court’s precedents on the subject, and the justices have been refining absurdity...
DATE: Oct 09, 2019
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Each year the complaints start to trickle in from friends and co-workers right around the second week of school: “Little Johnny has so much homework. In first grade! He’s exhausted already.”
“I spend all of my free time after work trying to help my ...
DATE: Oct 08, 2019
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Last week during the motion to adjourn in the House of Assembly, those in the chambers and, indeed, the wider listening audience were treated to former Cabinet minister Sylvan Richards throwing a challenge to members of the Progressive Labour Party.
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DATE: Oct 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous