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This week we are excited to announce the launch of Ignite, a new type of support system for entrepreneurs and small businesses in Bermuda.
Why Ignite?
Many have experienced the impact of low levels of job creation and opportunities in the present eco...
DATE: Mar 28, 2019
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I recall back in and around 1998, Bermuda’s change to politically appointed MPs for the post of Attorney-General, which caused me to ponder the difference in efficacy between those government systems that have the AG’s chambers as part of the govern...
DATE: Mar 19, 2019
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Khalid Wasi
“Everyone has the right to a nationality, no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.” Article 15 — Declaration of Human Rights
The conversation has started about the British Parliament bac...
DATE: Mar 12, 2019
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Elements of the 2016 British referendum campaign have long seemed familiar to Americans. There was a close, controversial election, full of rancour and anger. There were a lot of wealthy men talking about “the people” and their “will”. There were tar...
DATE: Mar 11, 2019
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A 90-year old widow with a developmentally disabled adult child struggles with the everyday cost of living while trying to make sense of the proposed government budget tax and social service increases. This is a hypothetical composite case based on r...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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Martha Harris Myron
“It’s déjà vu all over again”
— Yogi Berra
The more things change the more they stay the same.
What I am referring to is the recent announcement by Walter Roban regarding the Government’s desire to take full control of the municipalities of the City...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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In conjunction with Bermudabiographies.bm, The Royal Gazette is featuring a series on prominent people who have made a contribution to Bermuda in all spheres. Bermudabiographies.bm was created by veteran journalist Meredith Ebbin.
Dame Lois Browne-E...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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In the fourth of five articles in conjunction with the Bermuda’s Demographic Challenge series, Bill Storie highlights the hopes and concerns of those approaching retirement.
Today we discuss the third age group in our series — the 50 to 65-year-old...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Bill Storie
The “special relationship” was not supposed to look like this. On both sides of the pond, governments are wracked by chaos and paralysis.
In Washington, an attempt by President Donald Trump to get funding for his border wall has triggered the longes...
DATE: Jan 19, 2019
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Washington Misick chooses his words carefully, each one delivered at a steady, considered pace. So the candour that accompanies them is unexpected.
It emerges when he talks about the challenges currently facing the Turks & Caicos Islands. Again when...
DATE: Jan 17, 2019
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