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Theresa May has sent her six-page letter to the European Union headquarters in Brussels, filing the beginnings of the end of Britain’s 44-year membership within the EU. With 50 per cent of its exports going to Europe and its convenient location and s...
DATE: Apr 04, 2017
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Khalid Wasi
Derek Walcott, recipient of the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature, died last week in his native Saint Lucia. Walcott’s muse was Caribbean but his reach was global. His death has triggered an outpouring of tributes, reflections and memories of the man ...
DATE: Mar 25, 2017
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Interesting how that maxim “Be careful what you ask for, you may get it” sure is playing out in the healthcare fiasco in the United States. We can remember the “Repeal Obamacare” chants during the election. Did they know at the time what they actuall...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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Khalid Wasi
I read with interest Bryant Trew’s February 24 column, “Good governance: actions speak louder than words”, in which he criticises the Progressive Labour Party for proclaiming that it is the party of transparency yet it repeatedly fails to support tra...
DATE: Mar 09, 2017
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It was the morning after the Copeland by-election, one of two crucial votes last week that were poised to indicate whether the post-Brexit political landscape really will be as kind to the Conservatives and disastrous for the Labour Party as the poll...
DATE: Mar 01, 2017
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February is Black History Month. Throughout this month The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed to the shaping of African history
James McCune Smith (1813-1865) was a prominent physician and abolit...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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Lord Waddington’s stewardship of Bermuda did not get off to a particularly auspicious start.
Eager to familiarise himself with the workings of our governmental system after he was appointed governor in 1992, he stopped off at the Foreign Office to c...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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February is Black History Month. Throughout this month The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed to the shaping of African history
The Afro-Asian Conference, known generally as the Bandung Conferenc...
DATE: Feb 25, 2017
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February is Black History Month. Throughout this month The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed to the shaping of African history
Port-au-Spain is the capital and third largest city of the twin-isla...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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Bermuda’s ability to move through the impasse over the airport redevelopment project in a way that was both peaceful and implied a reasonable degree of mutual respect — in spite of those differences — represents something of a milestone. This marks a...
DATE: Feb 15, 2017
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Glenn Fubler