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Joseph Henry Thomas made a major contribution to education and to the formation of friendly societies in Bermuda in the years after emancipation.
He was head teacher of the Lane School, the first chairman of the Berkeley Educational Society and helpe...
DATE: Feb 22, 2020
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Mr Premier, I implore you to take your Brexit Committee seriously. In Britain this week, the Prime Minister’s special political adviser, Dominic Cummings, hired a 27-year-old adviser called Andrew Subisky. Within 48 hours, Mr Subisky had quit, owing ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2020
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Last week’s series on the Cayman Islands’ growth story sparked considerable debate among readers about how Bermuda can reinvigorate its own economy and raised some fundamental questions.
Cayman and Bermuda have many similarities, as fellow British Ov...
DATE: Feb 17, 2020
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Dear Sir,
It saddens me to read the report in the paper today (February 10, 2020) quoting Jason Hayward’s comments on the Patients 1st assembly in Queen Elizabeth II Park.
It would surprise me to know if the MP — the people’s representative from Pemb...
DATE: Feb 13, 2020
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
We are heading into the budget period and I am certain we will hear about a lot of new initiatives from the Government, but I would like to take this opportunity to state what I hope to see.
The Progressive Labour Party can dismiss the Opposition’s ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Dwayne Robinson
This column will not render a verdict on whether the White House decision last week to suspend immigration from Nigeria, the world’s seventh most populous nation, and five other countries was mainly an expression of bigotry from an administration led...
DATE: Feb 06, 2020
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Justin Fox
If we in Bermuda have a date with destiny, then it does not look too promising now. But it does not have to be that way! There are many external forces that we can do nothing about; however, many of our most festering wounds such as economic and immi...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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Sir John Swan
So far the sugar tax is nothing more than a tax grab by the Progressive Labour Party.
In Parliament on Friday, I asked questions of the finance minister, Curtis Dickinson, in regards to the amount raised since the inception of sugar tax on October 1,...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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Michael Dunkley
The Moneywise Pretend Portfolio yearlong series has been updated to reflect stock and bond prices at original issue and as at end of January.
The portfolio is not yet complete as each month in the year-long programme,
but please take the time to see...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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Martha Harris Myron
It’s most poignant that Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter. During his prodigious basketball career, that flying vehicle became a symbol of his persistent greatness and the urgency he always felt.
He didn’t have much time for traffic or any other limit...
DATE: Jan 28, 2020
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