1426 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Opinion"
Much has been said about casino gaming over the past few years. It has been suggested that introducing casino gaming could save the tourism industry and get Bermuda back on the tourism map. Many believe that we have fallen behind in the tourism indus...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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September 23, 2013
Dear Sir,
Many Bermudians are beginning to get concerned with our Premier appearing to want to edge us towards Independence. We lost the services of one very good Premier who tried to do this and got roundly defeated by the majorit...
DATE: Sep 25, 2013
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Letters to the Editor
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September 23, 2013
Dear Sir,
The Premier allegedly wants to be involved with the appointment of both the Police Commissioner and the Governor. As Britain’s oldest self-governing Colony, Bermuda has been able to control its destiny.
With the Governor ...
DATE: Sep 25, 2013
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Letters to the Editor
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September 18, 2013
Dear Sir,
For most of my life I have been against legalised gambling in Bermuda. Being personally affected (in the past) by another person’s gambling addiction and witnessing the destruction of 3 families due to the same, have stro...
DATE: Sep 19, 2013
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Letters to the Editor
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It was more than a little disconcerting to see the announcement that Bermuda was placed on France’s tax haven list. One would think that there had to be a substantive reason for this pre-emptive label-tarnishing directly before the G20 meeting that j...
DATE: Sep 07, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
The latest in a long series of debates on the relaxation of Bermuda’s gambling laws has been greeted with more than a hint of languid indifference from the public. We might blame this apathy on over-familiarity — this is one of the perennial what-ifs...
DATE: Aug 15, 2013
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Editorials
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Hope you all had a great holiday and have now fully-recovered.
There were definitely many sad post-Cup Match weekend faces on Monday, not to mention the ones who looked like they were positively hanging by a thread!
Think that your summer fun is now ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
You can’t beat the wit of Oscar Wilde. “I live in constant fear of not being misunderstood”, he once lamented. Of course Mr Wilde was no politician. Politicians have the opposite lament: they want to be always understood whatever they say however the...
DATE: Jul 19, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Whether at home in the United States or in foreign lands, Americans eagerly anticipate Independence Day every year. On this, the 237th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence, we look back with pride and excitement on those hopeful and daring ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Other
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The dreaded i-word was bound to come up, I suppose Mr Acting Editor. It was too good an opportunity for some to pass up on the opportunity to revive the issue of independence for Bermuda. I suppose too, that like clocks that have stopped ticking, it ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
