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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
I have the utmost respect for our lawyers and judges. Some of the brightest and wisest minds sit on the bench. What is baffling to me is the lack of knowledge for some when it comes to the minds of child sex offenders. Or is it that they must use pas...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Debi Ray-Rivers
I was recently surprised by the extent of scepticism in the local community regarding vaccinations and mask-wearing in addressing Covid-19.
I grew up in the 1950s when a vaccination scar on your arm was a badge of honour. Both of my paternal grandfat...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
On November 19, my longtime client and friend Orlando Hall became the eighth prisoner executed by the Trump Administration since mid-July, when the Federal Government resumed executions after a 17-year hiatus. News stories naturally focused on the ho...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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As you all know, the world is facing the coronavirus pandemic, which has drastically changed the way we live.
This pandemic has also affected me, a former hotel executive, with more than 40 years of experience in the hotel industry, and the first per...
DATE: Dec 14, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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The disappointed should know: Bill Vaughan tried. He tried despite a pandemic. He tried despite a bout of pneumonia. He tried despite knowing we were still in 2020, the year that took from us the Notorious RBG, Black Panther and Alex Trebek.
For more...
DATE: Dec 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Theresa Vargas
I have spent eight months watching my fellow prisoners inside a state penitentiary in Washington suffer from Covid-19. Now there is finally a vaccine on the horizon. Unfortunately, it may not get to many incarcerated people in time to save us.
Those ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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This country has opened its new state-of-the-art, 21st-century-and-beyond, iconic airport on Wednesday. A total of 885 Bermudians have worked on the site since construction started in 2017 and about 400 island companies got work from this major proje...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Marcus Jones
“Every time I hear the crack of a whip
My blood runs cold”
— Bob Marley
Every time that many Bermudians drive or walk near the gates of the House of Assembly on Reid Street or Parliament Street, their blood runs cold.
Deep in their sou...
DATE: Dec 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
