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Although sport has always been considered one of the unifying activities in Bermuda, much has changed in recent years, with incidents of poor conduct not only from spectators.
Some participants have also fallen short of what should be expected from t...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
This is part one of the Pondstraddler Life Financial Planning Series looking at the ramifications for Bermudian owners of US real estate who want to sell.
A reader writes: About ten years ago, we purchased a vacation house in the United States. We wa...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
This week has been a little chaotic. We’re on the cusp of Season 13 for Beat the Couch and I feel as if I’ve been sending e-mails at 1,000mph. I think every mum (working or not) has moments where they feel totally torn, but this week I had Belle off ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
Why do we travel? What pushes us to fly for many hours, sometimes around the whole world?
Before any trip my heart always beats joyfully and I can’t fell asleep in anticipation of something unusual, new and exotic. I know that after the trip I will b...
DATE: Feb 21, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nina London
A 90-year old widow with a developmentally disabled adult child struggles with the everyday cost of living while trying to make sense of the proposed government budget tax and social service increases. This is a hypothetical composite case based on r...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
As a follow-up to last week’s missive about community service hours, it gives great pleasure to state that over the weekend a number of young and not so young men came out to assist with the scraping and painting of a wall in Green Acres, Devonshire....
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
There’s something about the number 13 that puts a tiny shadow of doubt in my mind!
I’m not into superstition (unless it’s Stevie Wonder) and I’m not worried about black cats, or breaking mirrors or walking under ladders, but the number 13 just makes...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
Is your investment plan realistic? A 2017 study by Aviva in the UK revealed that 1.3 million people viewed “winning the lottery” as their only plan for retirement. The article discusses common mistakes that people make when planning for the future an...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Bill Storie
I know it’s not yet summertime, when alcohol intake increases due to the many barbecues and social events, but let’s talk about it now.
Let’s talk about our favourite social lubricant.
Effects of alcohol
Your body treats alcohol as a toxin. The toxi...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Dre Hinds
When Barack Obama won the United States presidential election in 2008, for the black Western experience it was monumental. Most of those born in the 1950s and earlier could not have imagined that such a phenomenon was possible in their lifetime. So t...
DATE: Feb 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
