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History repeats itself and the gory tragedies, which as tales and legends of the past, come back to truly haunt unsuspecting generations.
A little more than a century ago, I lost a few of my ancestors to yellow fever, which was followed a little late...
DATE: Mar 23, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
In the last few days, our Bermuda Government under the auspices of the current political party, and David Burt, the Premier, have taken steps to:
• Ramp up financial aid programmes for Bermuda residents and businesses
• Close the airport, bus, and ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Home Affairs, and I travelled to Bridgetown, Barbados to attend the 31st Inter-Sessional Meeting of Heads of Government of Caricom between February 17 and 19.
The significant items of discussion were a...
DATE: Mar 21, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
How are we all doing out there, folks? It’s amazing how much can change in one week, isn’t it? Last week, I was writing about healthy pasta and we were having a perfectly sensible conversation about portion sizes.
This week, the world has gone mad! Y...
DATE: Mar 20, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
It is difficult to get an up-to-date picture of wine imports to China, as their overall consumption grew by about 80 per cent between 2013 and 2018 and their own acres of vineyards are now firmly in second place worldwide. It is challenging to say wh...
DATE: Mar 20, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Michael Robinson
History was made this month with the black swan event of a Covid-19 virus outbreak, a collapse in oil prices follow by massive government and private sector responses to a novel threat on human lives.
Equity markets have now plunged about 28 per cen...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Bryan Dooley
The purpose of this article is not to discuss or opine on any medical issues associated with the virus. There are health professionals and Government instructions to deal with that.
But I will offer some thoughts on its impact on your money.
Even tho...
DATE: Mar 17, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Bill Storie
So many times in life when the going gets tough, instead of swallowing hard and getting things done, we start looking for sympathy, telling ourselves and anyone who will listen that we are “trying” or “doing our best”, or that the problem is just “to...
DATE: Mar 17, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robin Trimingham
Investors may have complacently thought that the continued rise in financial valuations would never end. The outlier, the so-called “Black Swan” event, this time the extremely serious impacts of the Covid-19 virus around the world became the catalyst...
DATE: Mar 14, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
With a large proportion of Bermudians being able to trace their lineage back to the islands of St Kitts (St Christopher), Nevis and Anguilla, it is important for them and others to have some background on the history of those islands.
So let’s look a...
DATE: Mar 14, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous