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Fintech, or financial technology, is in the spotlight in Bermuda right now. This week, I take a look at its many implementations and ramifications.
• The impatient among us (aren’t almost all of us ADD these days) hate waiting in line at de bank, or ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
As the inquest gathers pace into the historic innings defeat that St George’s suffered at the hands of Somerset in the 117th annual Cup Match classic, there are a number of factors that could be pointed to which would not be too far wide of the mark....
DATE: Aug 08, 2018
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Editorials
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AUTHOR:
RG: In our Opinion
In numerous publications in the last few weeks, various headlines arose noting that “the state of Delaware (Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock) supports HR 6403, a current US congressional Bill titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act as the ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
There are some people in Bermuda who have access to the luxury of a private pool. There are some people in Bermuda who have access to the more than 100 private beaches and coves. For people in neither of those categories, Shelly Bay Beach is the one ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe as its handle was made of wood and they thought it was one of them” — Anonymous
The role of the Opposition is to point out the mistakes and blunders of the ruling party and to propose b...
DATE: Jul 19, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
When the Bermuda cricket team slipped back into the country from Malaysia last month with tails between their legs, ill-gotten confidence shot and with a new-found but deserved status as a backwater division five outfit that was so entirely predictab...
DATE: Jun 01, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Editorials
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AUTHOR:
RG: In our Opinion
This is a continuation of the Pondstraddler monthly series featuring questions from readers. A reader asked the following questions:
I’m a Bermudian with UK citizenship, while my spouse is an American. We retired to France and just love the people, ...
DATE: May 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Much has been written, and rightly so, about Britain’s misguided move to compel its Caribbean and Bermudian territories to open company registers, as the mother ship itself has done. I have worked in three of the affected domiciles and my work expose...
DATE: May 22, 2018
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Other
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What is cryptocurrency? According to the Bermuda Virtual Currency Business Act 2018, virtual currency means a digital representation of value that:
• is used as a medium of exchange, unit of account, or store of value;
• is not fiat currency, whether...
DATE: May 12, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
“When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice.”
These were words spoken by American entertainer Kanye West that speak to the complete lack of knowledge of the true horrors of 500 years of European colonialism ...
DATE: May 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous