1426 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Opinion"
The risk of falling increases with each decade of life. Every year, one in every three adults age 65 or older suffers a fall.
A person who has fallen once is two to three times more likely to fall again.
Many victims have to receive treatment in em...
DATE: Jul 21, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Dr Mike Serebrennik
Today is the day. Along with the 300-odd million Americans celebrating the anniversary of their independence, at least one crew will be celebrating winning the Blue Marlin World Cup. And that will be a party.
With 120-plus boats entered in this world...
DATE: Jul 04, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Nothing quite like being between a rock and a hard place, Mr Editor. It is no fun and you can’t bail. It’s very much like that in politics.
There are two big issues that are looming that are not going to go away:
• The decriminalisation or, maybe eve...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Dear Mr Editor,
I appreciate your determination to call things fairly, with an eye to apportioning responsibility for bad and good behaviour wherever they happen to fall.
I appreciate the sensitivities that must be in play when you are the only news...
DATE: Jun 12, 2015
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Letters to the Editor
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Long overdue reforms to a Dickensian legal system. Pending hikes in health insurance premiums. A potentially seismic shift in Bermuda’s energy policy. There’s been a flurry of genuinely important developments on the political front in recent days.
B...
DATE: Jun 10, 2015
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Let’s just start by acknowledging that we are all in this together: we use electricity where and when we want, Belco responds to our demand by investing in generators to supply the electricity that we want, and the Government decides how much we pay ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2015
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Other
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Dear Sir,
Senator Georgia Marshall apologised for not noticing (like most viewers, I imagine) the disclaimer aired at the beginning of Gary Moreno’s interview of the People’s Movement spokesmen last month.
We have to admire her for doing that, but i...
DATE: Jun 04, 2015
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Letters to the Editor
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Dear Dr Nekia,
Do you think it would be right for a man to sit in first class while his wife sat in coach? The trip is business related and his job paid for his ticket, room, and board. His wife is invited to come along for the business trip. (This q...
DATE: Apr 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nekia Walker
Couples, whether living together, in a civil or legal union, are they functioning in beautiful bliss or financial fiascos?
Family relationships encompass a variety of life arrangement situations: couples, single parents, grandparents, civil unions, ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Selfless acts of bravery have shaped the course of history. That much we should know from time spent in any classroom, home school or, for those for whom the formative years of learning were frittered away, flicking through the History Channel.
The l...
DATE: Mar 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith
