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“The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity” — Benjamin Disraeli
Bermuda has a new leader. Not yet 40 years old, David Burt swept to a decisive victory last week. In a masterful display of politics, collaboration, shrewdness, organisation, a...
DATE: Jul 22, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
It’s the first week of our holidays and Belle is in danger of turning into a strawberry. They’re in season over here in England and feel so affordable compared to Bermuda.
I went to the poshest of shops (Waitrose) and they were still only £2 so we b...
DATE: Jul 21, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
A few days ago I painfully tried to learn a complex computer programme. I spent a long and exhausting day at my desk, trying all possible options to understand how it worked. Gradually, my many hours of diligence began to turn into quiet despair. I c...
DATE: Jul 20, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nina London
Optimism should be the key emotional ingredient throughout Bermuda after the massive victory by the Progressive Labour Party, which swept the One Bermuda Alliance out of office as government with a powerful mandate from the voting public.
This was co...
DATE: Jul 20, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
How important is our past? Does it define us? Are we who we are because of it? Despite it? Or is our past just history — what’s done is done, cannot be changed and today is a new day to choose what we will do with?
Imagine for a moment that time was ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Dear Dr Nekia,
I saw a video on social media that said scientists have found women can carry the DNA from every man they sleep with. Also, that DNA can mix with the DNA of her current partner if she gets pregnant. This means that his child could have...
DATE: Jul 19, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nekia Walker
At 10 years old I noticed these lines on my already “large” butt. What in the world was happening?
As the years passed, they became lighter, longer, more tiger stripe like — and then I learnt they were stretch marks. WHAT?!
Fast forward to life as ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Dre Hinds
Persistently buoyant equity markets have confounded some investors who expected the political turmoil in Washington, falling oil prices, and increasingly hawkish central banks around the world to take a greater toll on securities prices. What may hav...
DATE: Jul 18, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Bryan Dooley
General elections are supposed to be the healthy way for people to choose who they feel most suited to be in a leadership role in dealing with the people’s business. The process can be quite challenging when two groups vying for that honour embark up...
DATE: Jul 17, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Dear Dr Nekia,
My question may be a bit out of the norm but what I wanted to know is how do you keep your professional life separate from your love life?
I am a psychologist and at times I find it difficult not to bring work home with me and not to ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nekia Walker
