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Time, tide and fish wait for no man and the short season that is the summer offers few opportunities.
Short, because it goes by so quickly and there are so many other diversions that few weekend warriors can get in the amount of fighting that they w...
DATE: Jun 01, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Today is the day that your monthly paycheques will become smaller.
This reduction is due to the significant increase in health insurance premiums caused by Government’s mandatory (now legislated) decree that private insurers remit each month almos...
DATE: Jun 01, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Heraclitus of Ephesus made an insightful observation 2,500 years ago when he said: “Change is constant.”
At the time, wine grapes had been harvested in his country for 4,000 years.
Fast forward to the year of my birth and our species doubled its know...
DATE: May 31, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Michael Robinson
If any of you were watching the Bermuda Day Half Marathon Derby last week, then you might have seen a couch on wheels flying by.
“Flying” is possibly an exaggeration. We did well for the first six miles and then the rubber burnt off our front wheels...
DATE: May 31, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
It is always interesting, sadly interesting, to see or hear people call Bermudians xenophobic or protectionist, simply because they wish to ensure the best for themselves, their families and their fellow Bermudians.
A recent article in The Royal Gaze...
DATE: May 31, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
We often hear of “financial literacy” being the current buzz words to help people understand their financial status. Yet does it cover the whole picture? No.
Understanding how pension funds and mutual funds work is important, but only highlights a sm...
DATE: May 30, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Bill Storie
One thing that stands true is that this journey is far from linear. If plotted on a graph, it would be filled with upward lines, downward lines, even lines dictating a plateau, and that’s how it is for everyone, so don’t feel alone.
The biggest mista...
DATE: May 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Dre Hinds
They say “fair is fair” or, otherwise put, “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander”.
News and journalism are meant to be objective and impartial. I hear CNN is losing viewers and, as one such viewer, I may be able to attest to why.
First, ...
DATE: May 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
You’ve lost your job, now what? Given the high cost of living in Bermuda I am of two minds regarding whether I should write about job loss.
Becoming unexpectedly unemployed is a stressful and life-altering event which can have long-lasting implicatio...
DATE: May 28, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robin Trimingham
Democracy is an ideal that is not easily achievable. Unfortunately, too many people think we have achieved it already, simply because we are allowed to vote.
The right to vote is only one principle and even there the right is not exercised fully. Th...
DATE: May 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
