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Post-Cup Match blues anyone?!
Who doesn’t love a four-day weekend? It’s so nice to have the extra days to unwind.
While I’m pretty sure that a four-day weekend would be a good long-term strategy for our mental health, it might not work the same for ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
We all have both good and difficult times in our lives. Sometimes we feel insecure, vulnerable and lost, like a delicate flower open and trembling under the uncaring force of the wind.
The words of other people blow through us in gusts. When they are...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nina London
Checks and balances in the Westminster model are one thing; opportunities for collaboration are quite another. It is just a matter of creating the necessary vehicles to make it possible. Probably the most familiar of which are joint select committees...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
For the most part the gym can be an enjoyable place; what can make it annoying is when people ignore basic etiquette. If you’re going to the gym or to an exercise class, make sure that you adhere to the following:
• Sweaty leftovers
With Covid we a...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Betty Doyling
Oversight of the Executive is one of the key roles that the Legislature is expected to play in the Westminster system of government. Collectively, members serve as a critical part of the checks and balances the Legislature provides on the exercise of...
DATE: Aug 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
There has been much chatter recently on the West Indies and Bermuda, and how the populations intertwine. Particularly by a writer who insists that the black Bermuda population’s origins were primarily from the Caribbean.
His views are not only incorr...
DATE: Aug 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
The drive for further political reform continued after 1968 and the adoption of a written constitution by British order. But change came slowly.
There was the unresolved, unfinished business of the electoral system and whether parish-based, dual-seat...
DATE: Aug 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Every cloud has a silver lining, and the same may be said to be true of hurricanes that we have had to endure over the years — and now the Covid-19 pandemic.
Whatever our differences, we find a way to come together and confront the challenges that c...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Happy Cup Match, readers. Even if you cannot participate in the usual physical festivities, it has to be a nice break away from the relentless medical anxieties and economic news.
And, so for something just a tiny bit lighter given that we will, ove...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Midway through a long holiday weekend for most with many finding their way onto the water.
Just what might be expected of an island population where no one can be more than about a half mile or 2,600 feet from the ocean.
Throw in a hefty dose of th...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
