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                                    On June 24, Kelly Loeffler, an incumbent Republican senator and WNBA team owner, criticised the Black Lives Matter movement for being a “very divisive organisation” promoting “violence and destruction across the country”. In doing so, she kicked off ...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Dec 01, 2020
                 
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                                    A colleague of mine recently asked a young girl, “Why does art matter to you?” The bright-eyed, seven-year-old paused for a second, reflected and then responded with certainty: “Art helps me.”
This matter-of-fact reply gripped me, simply because it...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Nov 30, 2020
                 
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                                    Seeking truth, especially in the political arena, throughout the world, is a never-ending challenge for those who choose the noble profession of journalism. The real test for most journalists is to remain focused on getting at the truth in the face o...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Nov 28, 2020
                 
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                        Al Seymour 
                    
                            
         
         
     
 	
    	
                    
        
                    
                    
            
            
                                    
   “What a plot, dem a plot ’gainst I and I”
   — Ziggy Marley
On February 20, 2019, the British House of Commons released a report from its Foreign Affairs Committee. This report was entitled Global Britain and the British Overseas Territories: ...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Nov 27, 2020
                 
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                        Christopher Famous 
                    
                            
         
         
     
 	
    	
                    
        
                    
                    
            
            
                                    My earliest months of life were spent in a cotton sack, dragged along by my parents as they picked cotton in the fields of the large East Texas plantation where they toiled as sharecroppers in the 1940s. I learnt from them that my life would continue...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Nov 26, 2020
                 
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                                    Protecting Bermuda’s environment has never been so important — and yet, it is at risk as never before.
Bermuda’s green space is rapidly diminishing because we are not adhering to our own conservation guidelines. It is particularly affecting areas of ...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Nov 25, 2020
                 
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                                    The idea of freedom and democracy is not a cliché; it means something that is to be activated. The idea of a free world or society has implications that require a structure in order to be perpetuated with integrity and believers willing to stand, mor...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Nov 24, 2020
                 
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                        Khalid Wasi 
                    
                            
         
         
     
 	
    	
                    
        
                    
                    
            
            
                                    Most of the public are familiar with the mobile phone industry’s top-up plan for its prepaid devices. It is a means by which a customer can replenish their mobile device with time or data credit without extending the validity period. 
I, as a parent,...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Nov 23, 2020
                 
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                        Marcus Jones 
                    
                            
         
         
     
 	
    	
                    
        
                    
                    
            
            
                                    World Children’s Day is celebrated annually on November 20. This was the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. On the same day in 1989, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Nov 21, 2020
                 
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                                    So, did you vote in the General Election last month?  Really?  Well you’re not alone, but the voter numbers may surprise you.
More than 20,000 registered Bermudian voters did not vote.  Yes, more than 20,000.
That means nearly half of our 46,311 regi...                            
            
                
                    DATE: Nov 21, 2020
                 
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                        AUTHOR: 
                        Scott Pearman