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National security minister Michael Weeks and Leroy Bean, the Gang Violence Reduction Team Co-ordinator, were recently interviewed to enlighten the public about the work that is being done to deal with gang violence in Bermuda. Historically, we have n...
DATE: May 17, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Robin Tucker
I read with great interest the recent comments from Craig Cannonier, the former Premier of Bermuda.
I had hoped that he would be bringing forward a vision from the One Bermuda Alliance on tourism or any other issue critical to the elevation of the c...
DATE: May 17, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Kim Swan
In the third of a series of profiles to mark Nurses Month, Cecille Snaith-Simmons tells the story of Phyllis Leonie Harford and her drive to be accepted by Bermuda
DATE: May 16, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Cecille Snaith-Simmons
What do you look for in political leadership?
The May 6 sitting of the House of Assembly saw a marked contrast of political styles from two MPs sitting on the government benches.
One MP was very much the slick politician of the modern age: smooth-tal...
DATE: May 13, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Scott Pearman
They say that the world is small and you never know who is connected/related to whom. This is extremely true.
Last week we had an inflatable mattress with a leak. We took it to Island Construction Services, in Devonshire, to get it repaired.
We met a...
DATE: May 13, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Whataboutism: the act or practice of responding to an accusation of wrongdoing by claiming that an offence committed by another is similar or worse (Merriam-Webster dictionary)
Anyone who follows politics globally or locally will know how common ...
DATE: May 12, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Dwayne Robinson
Last Friday the Progressive Labour Party government failed the people of Bermuda with yet another demonstration of its lack of accountability, lack of forthrightness and lack of ability. The Fairmont Southampton concession Bill is an historic giveawa...
DATE: May 12, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Douglas De Couto
In the second of a series of profiles to mark Nurses Month, Cecille Snaith-Simmons tells the story of Edward Dyer, Bermuda’s first male nurse
Edward Dyer was one of seven children born to Kathlyn Dyer and Leslie Dyer, a well-respected electrical...
DATE: May 11, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Cecille Snaith-Simmons
“Any business operating with a business model that is predicated on poverty wages should seek to change their business model”
— Jason Hayward 2021 (paraphrasing US president Franklyn Delano Roosevelt)
“Rolfe, I have been making the same $20 ...
DATE: May 10, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Rolfe Commissiong
The easiest part of observing politics is to sit on the sideline and criticise it. However, I recognise that it is a greater challenge to offer advice and an even greater to offer advice that will actually work.
In recent times, particularly during ...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
