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“From the ashes of broken dreams rise the building blocks of new adventures.”
There’s an overused expression that advises, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”.
From the time I was two, I have always had a flair for making the best of my cir...
DATE: Feb 18, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robin Trimingham
Moneywise answers a reader’s questions, converted for confidentiality to generic anonymity. Any resemblance to any individual, living or deceased, is completely unintentional.
Readers’ letters to Moneywise over the years have focused on retirement ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
ca•thar•sis
noun
1. the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions
Catharsis, yet another big word that some people use at will. Today, let’s take a look at what this term means on a day-to-day basis.
Socia...
DATE: Feb 14, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Previously, I wrote about ingenuity and today I will focus on the value of earning foreign exchange. There is much talk about revitalising the economy. Added to that conversation is that of closures of many local shops and businesses.
Then we hear re...
DATE: Feb 14, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
The National Pension Scheme (Occupational Pensions) Act 1998 as amended (the “Act”) became operative on January 1, 2000. This was a good thing.
It made people aware of their financial future long before they would otherwise have thought about it, esp...
DATE: Feb 13, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Bill Storie
One year ago, my husband and I arrived for the first time in Northern Thailand to the ancient capital of Chiang Mai, a small city with more than 300 Buddhist temples and, for many, Thailand’s spiritual heartland.
Monks in ochre robes were chanting b...
DATE: Feb 13, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nina London
We are now in February and commitment may be dwindling. However, if you are sticking to your fitness regime, congratulations!
Almost 40 per cent of people who start fitness and diet routines give up within the first seven days.
The most common reason...
DATE: Feb 12, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Betty Doyling
It is entirely possible that Bermuda could find itself excluded from the future of financial services. Companies such as PayPal, Square, Venmo, Stripe and Revolut are revolutionising the payments and remittances industry, just not in Bermuda. None of...
DATE: Feb 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Denis Pitcher
Today I have a simple question for you: Are you trusted? I imagine that many of you quickly answered “yes”, without giving the matter much thought. Note here, though, that I didn’t ask whether you are “trustworthy”, I asked whether you are “trusted”;...
DATE: Feb 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robin Trimingham
I read Sir John Swan’s opinion with interest, and let me first say I don’t disagree with his take on the state of Bermuda’s economy because it has become a manifest reality.
When the Premier himself concludes the same, it means it is not a conversati...
DATE: Feb 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
