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I don’t smoke anything and I have no prejudice for those who do. For me, it was perhaps a degree of fate that prevented me from being a smoker.
I, just like so many schoolboys back in the Sixties, sneaked away to have a draw on what was then a new m...
DATE: Aug 07, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
If there is one thing that hurts more than trying to smile when your feet hurt, it’s dragging yourself in to work every day to do a job you can’t stand. There are many reasons why you might be feeling this way; some might be legitimate complaints reg...
DATE: Aug 06, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robin Trimingham
Bermudian-based Ascendant Group Ltd stated on January 28 the company had begun evaluating strategic alternatives including a potential sale of the company.
Then Algonquin Power and Utilities, a Canadian utility, announced on June 3 it had agreed to ...
DATE: Aug 06, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Bryan Dooley
This is the third and final part of the series for Bermuda residents leaving the island, giving relocation references and general timeline guidance. This first and second instalments were published in The Royal Gazette on July 13 and July 20, respect...
DATE: Aug 03, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
It’s Cup Match time in Bermuda ... bacchanal! It’s one of my favourite holidays next to my birthday — yes, a holiday — and Christmas.
The banter leading up to the game: Somerset (the best) versus St George’s; the Facebook memes, the Photoshopped pic...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Dre Hinds
There’s an old proverb that says, “Man may work from sun to sun, but woman’s work is never done.”
While this might not be the case in today’s corporate environment, it is still quite often the case for women of all ages who work at home.
This week’...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robin Trimingham
Social media reveals much about how people think. In short bites thought to be quotes of brilliance, whole worlds of thought and ethics can be released.
Take, for example, this comment made on one of my articles: “It’s amazing how a little isolated i...
DATE: Jul 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Almost done, now! All the big billfish tournaments are in the past and only the Bermuda Blue Marlin Release Challenge is to come.
A tournament designed to attract lower-key participants, this is a single-day tournament and is based solely on release...
DATE: Jul 27, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Surprise! Fire — short for Financial Independence, Retire Early, is not about us anxious-about-retiring oldsters.
Nor is Fire about Fireworks, but a new millennial finance movement, generating a heightened global surge of interest (and dedicated fol...
DATE: Jul 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
I should warn you, dear reader, that the article today will be more about a cause than details on the wines themselves.
Wine is about 85 per cent water and we are told that our brain is composed of 73 per cent water; our lungs ring in at 83 per cen...
DATE: Jul 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Michael Robinson