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We have been dealt a terrible and unexpected blow — Covid-19. For Bermuda, the pandemic arrived at a time when business confidence was already at a record low and the economy failing.
Thanks to David Burt and his flawed government policies, a pre-Cov...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020
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The retirement of veteran Opposition MP Trevor Moniz has forced a by-election in the constituency of Smith’s West. Former senator Vic Ball is running for the One Bermuda Alliance, while an announcement from the governing Progressive Labour Party is e...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
The drive for further political reform continued after 1968 and the adoption of a written constitution by British order. But change came slowly.
There was the unresolved, unfinished business of the electoral system and whether parish-based, dual-seat...
DATE: Aug 03, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Global protests in support of Black Lives Matter have systematically exposed the legacies of slavery and colonialism today.
This has put many on the defensive. White people are quick to tout stories of abolition, emphasising the path bravely forged b...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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This week, I had a chat with two of the staff at our store on Harbour Road in Paget because I wanted to get a feel for any changes in wine-buying patterns.
One of them told me that chardonnay has been more in demand, starting about six months ago.
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DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Michael Robinson
Dear Sir,
Recently it was announced by the British Government that Bermuda’s first woman and first black governor will take over the job this year. Rena Lalgie, the director of Britain’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation at the Treasury, w...
DATE: Jun 27, 2020
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
This article continues our discussion of post-Covid-19 recovery with thoughts of everything returning to the old normal, a semblance of normal, or the new normal, or something quite different again.
No one really knows how recovery will completely s...
DATE: Jun 27, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
As statues come down everywhere and right-of-centre pundits waggle their fingers and say they told us so, it is important to try to draw distinctions. After all, when you topple George Washington from his pedestal — which many argued would never happ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Stephen L. Carter
The whole Covid-19 crisis has seemed unreal, from beginning to where we are now, for those relatively unaffected by health or job worries.
We are all probably functioning on “hope for the best” basis at this point in time.
The gradual, monitored sma...
DATE: Jun 20, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
First, I cannot make an apology for my opinion. It’s my qualified assessment, while realising there are levels along a full spectrum of racial attitudes — some more humanly evolved than others.
I therefore speak to the lowest level of that spectrum,...
DATE: Jun 16, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
