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Looking back on 2020, no question that two big events stand out: Covid-19 and the historic landslide election victory of the Progressive Labour Party. They were not entirely unrelated.
The pandemic presented the Premier with what was an unforeseen an...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
The old saying “Out of sight, out of mind” is perhaps more prevalent at this time of the year as many countries engage in Christmas festivities, usually with colourful lights, music, family gatherings, and plenty of gifts and food.
Few would disagre...
DATE: Dec 19, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
With more than 100,000 Covid-19 patients in hospital, cases still rising in most states, and healthcare workers overwhelmed, the United States is once again facing a crisis.
In the weeks ahead, before vaccines can be widely distributed, health offic...
DATE: Dec 19, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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No matter the temperatures that cooled Washington, this past summer as the midnight hour came to Juneteenth, a couple of hundred people protesting in memory of George Floyd at Black Lives Matter Plaza remained hot-tempered and found their way to the ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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A while ago, there was a publication in The Royal Gazette and a discussion below about the plans of the Government of Bermuda to ditch the early announced collaboration with Bitfury on implementing blockchain to the land registration sector.
After 1...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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Bermuda is arguably going through the toughest social and economic time in recent memory. We are dealing with a pandemic that has varying polarising views on masks, vaccines, curfews and the stripping away of our constitutional rights. Businesses are...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one”
— Mother Teresa
For the past few months, a small and dedicated army of volunteers has gathered every other weekend to do its part to assist others.
In early July, MP Michael Weeks was...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Long before he glided down that golden escalator at Trump Tower in 2015 to announce his presidential candidacy, Donald Trump was an object of media fascination. He could never actually become president, of course — that was unthinkable — but he capti...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Margaret Sullivan
Wait? It’s the middle of December?!? As years go, 2020 has certainly been infamous. 2020: double digits now etched on our collective psyche. Infamous. Yet, to me at least, 2020 also went by remarkably quickly.
The past 12 months have sped by faster t...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Scott Pearman
Christopher Famous wrote an opinion last week about the new airport terminal and the events surrounding the passage of legislation. This opinion provides another look at the matter and provides facts that the Progressive Labour Party overlooks.
Decem...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Michael Dunkley
