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I have been driven to a saturation point with some social-media displays. It’s not that I don’t appreciate a person’s sharing, but nowadays one has to be judicious about how much information they want to consume.
Watching the police shoot a mentally...
DATE: Jul 16, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
The lament is familiar, the same every year.
“Healthcare is unaffordable.”
“Healthcare is at an unsustainable level.”
The Bermuda Health Council’s 2017 report states “the Bermuda health system is at a breaking point!”
Further, healthcare premiums ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Is the ocean paved with marlin? That is how it has seemed for the last couple of weeks. Although these productive local waters were unable to come up with something for the Blue Marlin World Cup, the coincidentally fished Bermuda Billfish Blast was a...
DATE: Jul 14, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Christopher Famous
If one was to ask what our national sport is, the answer would vary depending who is replying. Some may say football. Some may say cricket. Others may rightly say gossiping.
Suffice it to say, there is no one answer, as Bermudians ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
What is your garden worth to you? Do you really like your garden? Do you spend time admiring it, partaking in its maintenance needs and tweaking those areas in need of refurbishment or, simply, change?
Do you consider that the amount spent on its de...
DATE: Jul 11, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Griffiths
Don’t eat carbs. Lift weights. Run ten miles. Never skip a workout; take supplements; drink water; post Instagram-worthy abs ... sound familiar?
These are some of the guidelines many believe to be the only way to lose weight, remain healthy and be ha...
DATE: Jul 11, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Dre Hinds
What is it that I love about the West End of Bermuda? Perhaps it is the feeling that it is a bit closer to the old Bermuda that I see in paintings and faded photographs.
When I ride my bicycle from Mangrove Bay in the village of Somerset and over Wa...
DATE: Jul 10, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Nina London
The world will be watching with curiosity an upcoming meeting of US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin this month.
It comes on the heels of that infamous summit Trump had in Singapore with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, w...
DATE: Jul 09, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Southeasterly winds, rough seas and uncomfortable conditions. No surprise — typical weather for the start of this month’s billfish fest.
For some reason, despite great conditions before and after, the onset of marlin madness seems predicated on slopp...
DATE: Jul 07, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
One of the great advantages Bermuda has enjoyed historically is the fact there were no wars fought on its shores, unlike most other countries.
Unless we count the single cannon ball fired from Gates Fort in St George’s at a Spanish rowing boat.
We d...
DATE: Jul 07, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
