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Life and human civilisation in its social and conscious evolution show patterns of behaviour that are predictable and near uniform in outcomes. One of the best-documented examples of this is religion. Whether it is Christianity, Buddhism, Islam or Ju...
DATE: Dec 23, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
First of all, I have never believed that the Premier – a man that an older relative of mine who was on the front line of Bermuda’s racial and civil rights battles once described as “coming across as a little weak to me Rolfe” - had any intention of ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Rolfe Commissiong
Dear Sir,
When the subject of Independence for Bermuda was brought up by the Progressive Labour Party Government some 17 years ago, their independence-assessment report, called the Bermuda Independence Commission Report, was intended to “educate” the...
DATE: Dec 15, 2022
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Letters to the Editor
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Bermuda’s political parties conjure up images of two different cars. One has a stylish body and looks good, but is severely underpowered, while the other has a good working engine, but a terrible blocky shape and not enough style to make it appealing...
DATE: Dec 14, 2022
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Perhaps bruised by previous efforts to bring about Independence for Bermuda, the Progressive Labour Party Government has taken a different approach with the release of the Corbin report.
But it seems unlikely that this effort will be any more succes...
DATE: Dec 12, 2022
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Dear Sir,
This is a poem I wrote in May 1996 on Independence for Bermuda:
Independence — what does it mean?
Standing UP on your own two feet,
Being the driver in the driver's seat.
Being confident that you can surely make it,
Not listening to negati...
DATE: Dec 12, 2022
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Letters to the Editor
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Dear Sir,
In 1969, when Bermuda changed from pound sterling to Bermuda dollars, the exchange rate with the US dollar was on par, ie, one Bermuda dollar equalled one US dollar.
The exchange rate in Jamaica in 1969 was 1.20 Jamaican dollars for one US...
DATE: Dec 12, 2022
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Letters to the Editor
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More often than not, it seems as if people around the world have allowed themselves to believe that colonialism was and remains some fairytale read in a book. You know, the stories in which the handsome prince marries the glowing bride and all in the...
DATE: Dec 09, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
The report on self-determination is out now, so obviously the Cabinet has reviewed it and deemed it fit for public consumption.
Although Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, claimed the report did not make any recommendations, the report’s con...
DATE: Dec 08, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Dear Sir,
Are you all keeping up? If you think you had a tough day at the office, consider what happened last Friday, just one day in the life of Bermuda politics:
Friday, December 2, 2022, House of Assembly — AM session:
The Government released a se...
DATE: Dec 07, 2022
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Letters to the Editor
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