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At Bermuda College’s forum, titled “Murder in Paradise”, panellists offered thought-provoking perspectives on the involvement of Black males in the present cycle of violence — a phenomenon described by moderator Victoria Pearman as a complex problem....
DATE: Oct 04, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
The airport dilemma with the firefighters is the latest indicator of our ageing population but also a test of our standing in the world of trade and technology. Truthfully, it would not matter what area of the economy we compare; we would still show ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
As Russia's war in Ukraine drags into its eighth month, the European Union scrambles for energy to heat its homes and power its industry in the coming winter, the United States and China continue to rattle sabres at each other over Taiwan, and smalle...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Thomas L. Knapp
Despite pleas from Joe Biden, Republican senators blocked the Disclose Act, legislation that would require advocacy groups to provide names of donors who give $10,000 or more if they advocate for particular candidates or issues.
Biden emphasised the ...
DATE: Oct 01, 2022
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Last week this time Bermuda was bracing for the possible impact of Hurricane Fiona. Not just any old run-of-the-mill hurricane but a deadly Category 4 weather system. The intensity of a Category 4 system has shown itself to be destructive beyond beli...
DATE: Sep 30, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Guyana has recently become a major oil and gas country. The estimated recovery resource base is nine billion to 15 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Consequently, gross domestic product is projected to grow by 49.7 per cent in 2022.
The Governor of ...
DATE: Sep 30, 2022
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Bermuda has dodged a bullet and avoided the worst impacts of Hurricane Fiona. But Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic were not so fortunate. The hurricane dropped up to 30 inches of rain on these islands, killed at least eight people, knocked out ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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Having been blamed for five deaths across the Caribbean, Hurricane Fiona brushed by Bermuda at 5am last Friday as a Category 3 storm, leaving some damage. Aware of our island’s blessing, all residents released a collective sigh of relief. We knew we ...
DATE: Sep 28, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
In the winter of 1964, my husband was returning to school in New York. It was Boxing Day. At JFK airport, he was captivated by a portly Black man dressed in a suit and tie, over which he wore an ankle-length camel hair coat. Around his neck was a pla...
DATE: Sep 27, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Cecille Snaith-Simmons
On Wednesday night, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit issued a partial stay of District Judge Aileen Cannon’s ruling granting Donald Trump a special master to review the 11,000 documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago home by the Fe...
DATE: Sep 26, 2022
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