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On Friday, the House of Assembly passed the most far-reaching drug-liberalisation laws Bermuda has seen in decades.
The Cannabis Licensing Act was passed without a vote, meaning constituents have no idea whether their Member of Parliament was for or...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Let me first declare my personal interest in the subject of cannabis. I won't be like the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, who said he smoked it but did not inhale. I did inhale — and thus begins my story.
I couldn't handle it be...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
In acknowledgement of Black History Month, The Royal Gazette continues the publication of stories throughout February on African-American and global African people, events and institutions, and their contributions in history
In the early 16th ce...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Black History Month
Dear Sir,
On this day 186 years ago, an incident occurred in Bermuda that had wide-ranging implications for British-American relations, which were not resolved until two decades later.
Seven days earlier, the ship Enterprise set out from Alexandria, ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2021
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
In acknowledgement of Black History Month, The Royal Gazette continues the publication of stories throughout February on African-American and global African people, events and institutions, and their contributions in history
Kingston, the capita...
DATE: Feb 08, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Black History Month
The delegates conference, a ritual performed each autumn since the Progressive Labour Party's inception back in 1963, is sacred to the function of the organisation, yet seemingly disconnected and inconsequential to the broad party support.
The conf...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
The European Parliament, by a 587-50 vote, passed a resolution two weeks ago calling for the automatic inclusion on the blacklist of countries that use a 0 per cent tax regime. They undoubtedly have British territories such as Bermuda and Cayman Isla...
DATE: Feb 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Rolfe Commissiong
President Donald Trump made his final effort to overturn the 2020 election yesterday, as his allies challenge the electoral college count in Congress. His earlier efforts failed when the Supreme Court rejected Texas's lawsuit to throw out the results...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Britain's free-trade agreement with the European Union, announced last week after months of fractious talks and days before the transitional Brexit arrangements were due to end, is certainly better than the alternative. Separating with no deal at all...
DATE: Dec 29, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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“What a plot, dem a plot ’gainst I and I”
— Ziggy Marley
On February 20, 2019, the British House of Commons released a report from its Foreign Affairs Committee. This report was entitled Global Britain and the British Overseas Territories: ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous