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Our Bermuda forebears and the futuristic-minded leaders of today enacted employment legislation to define employee positions, rights, and future security that far surpass much larger countries.
The employer-employee relationship is a serious two-wa...
DATE: Aug 24, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Several years ago, I pulled together a savoury snack list, after discovering Belle helping herself to handfuls of icing sugar for breakfast.
I’d tried to lie in and then kind of slept while I heard the children crashing around downstairs. I knew I’d ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
Welcome to the Virgin Islands, welcome home,” said immigration officer Brodie, as I arrived at the Terrance Lettsome Airport, on Beef Island in the British Virgin Islands.
As with Bermuda, in most “small island” communities, everyone knows each other...
DATE: Aug 23, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
I think of myself as a Democrat, but not strictly because I also believe in the liberty of the individual. As an example, I believe when a person represents others, they should do so with the best that they can personally offer, and not merely as a v...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
On both sides of the northern border that connects the United States to Canada, economists are bracing themselves for the possibility of a recession. Some are pointing to the trade war between the US and China as partially, if not totally, the trigge...
DATE: Aug 20, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
In last week’s article I alluded to the fact that a measurable number of Bermuda residents are opting to retire overseas, so it seems only appropriate that I follow this with a few thoughts regarding this subject.
I will say up front that I am not a...
DATE: Aug 20, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robin Trimingham
It was significant news. Bloomberg’s Katherine Greifeld, Ruth Carson, and John Ainger, on Thursday wrote that “the yield on the United States 30-year Treasury bonds dropped below 2 per cent for the first time; the world’s pile of negative-yielding de...
DATE: Aug 17, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
The passage of some frontal boundaries this past week made for a bit of a mixing of the deep ocean waters and this, hopefully, will prevent the formation of that so-called “green water” that the offshore angler does his best to avoid.
The fish don’t...
DATE: Aug 17, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Hedges, it would appear, are an inherent part of the Bermuda landscape, whether it is the need for privacy — though this is questionable with the height of the hedges — or simply an unfortunate syndrome that has melded itself in to the psyche of the ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Griffiths
There were celebrations around the world recently to mark 50 years since men began a new chapter in our history by setting foot on the surface of the Moon.
The footprint of an astronaut’s boot in the lunar sand became an embedded image in the minds o...
DATE: Aug 17, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
