7622 results returned for search: "" category ("Opinion Writer" AND "Opinion")
Beneath all the smoke and mirrors of David Burt’s Budget Statement delivered on February 25 lay the stark reality that he was proposing yet another austerity budget. As the Budget details show, Bermuda’s deficit reduction in the coming year will be a...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robert Stubbs
Under the guise of “emergency powers” and fearmongering, the Premier has instilled a post-Covid authoritarian regime like no other. To come out of this, we need a quick-jolt recovery, financial stability and sustainable economic growth. Time is not o...
DATE: Mar 17, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Sir John Swan
The National Youth Policy sets out the Government’s plan to empower and engage Bermuda's young people through 2026 while providing a unified approach to tackle issues they are facing and providing them with the support to have positive and productive...
DATE: Mar 17, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Arianna Hodgson
The “Economic Debate on the Hill” is done and dusted and the annual Budget debate upon us. If you are not following along, closely or at all, you are probably not alone. Some 50-plus hours are put aside for what is generally regarded in parliamentary...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
This week I laid out before a teachers group a few positions, and made some assertions about the Bermuda Union of Teachers’ hierarchy, hoping to be thumped and countered by contrary facts by any of its 1,000 members — but “nada”.
Today, it should be ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Western officials worry openly that there are no clear off-ramps to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. With a protracted and even deadlier war looking ever more likely, will Russians tolerate the invasion’s increasing costs? Or will Vladimir Putin, a ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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When Devin Tomb was 24, she began a new role as an editor at a teen magazine. “I knew by my second day that I’d made the wrong decision,” she said. “Behind closed doors, the editor-in-chief didn’t match the warm, friendly persona she displayed in pub...
DATE: Mar 14, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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Brave journalists from around the world putting their lives at risk in an age of modern communication technology, armed with cameras and microphones, were able to convey first-hand the horrors of war when Russia launched an attack on Ukraine, a peace...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.”
— Abraham Lincoln
If you listened to the Budget Statement delivered by David Burt on February 25...
DATE: Mar 11, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women”
— Maya Angelou
On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to speak to a dynamic group of women as the guest speaker for the Bermuda Public Services Union International Women's Day...
DATE: Mar 11, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tinée Furbert
