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So Christmas is officially on its way and this is my very favourite month of the year. I love everything about it — lights, panto, Michael Buble in the car, mulled wine, the ridiculous over-the-top excitement from the children, planning surprises, st...
DATE: Dec 02, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
Mr Speaker, unfortunately, there are many in Bermuda who forget that this party that we represent is first and foremost a labour party. A labour party that has always advocated the betterment of all workers of Bermuda for more than 50 years.
Together...
DATE: Dec 01, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
The devastation of the July 18, 2017 General Election constituted the death knell of the One Bermuda Alliance. That papier-mâché party, stuck together by the tenuous glue of the former Bermuda Democratic Alliance and United Bermuda Party, has come ap...
DATE: Dec 01, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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Sometimes our day does not go as planned. Everything goes awry.
That morning began perfectly. A sunny, windy day with white clouds scudding across the clear horizon and the waters of the Great Sound alive with small waves of turquoise blue.
Bill and...
DATE: Nov 30, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nina London
A dangerous tone in the history of the free press is being projected by someone deemed as leader of the free world, and journalists around the globe are more than deeply disturbed that so many brave men and women of the profession have given their li...
DATE: Nov 30, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Betty Doyling
Even if you do not celebrate Thanksgiving, it’s likely you’re grateful for family and food.
The recent US holiday led me to thinking about my thankfulness for my fitness lifestyle and about cooking in the holidays with my mom. We made s...
DATE: Nov 29, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Betty Doyling
“I think whatever Jamie (Dimon) does or doesn’t do will be as relevant as what the postmaster general did or didn’t do about e-mail.” — Wences Casares in Nathaniel Popper’s book Digital Gold
“We are having some pretty good weather. What do you think...
DATE: Nov 27, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
In November for a number of years, I have written about being grateful as this season always seems to be the time for reflection on who we were as a community, who we are now, what we have, where we are going, and what we hope to achieve in our indiv...
DATE: Nov 25, 2017
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
So the big 4-0 has come and gone and I survived with my dignity and liver intact.
No cartwheels along Front Street at 2am and no huge hangover. I was a little fuzzy for Beat the Couch training the morning after the night before, but it was a beautif...
DATE: Nov 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
“A humble calf sucks the most milk”
— Jamaican Proverb
Loosely translated, this would mean that someone who is humble in spirit would tend to be successful.
Measures of success come in many different forms. Some count success by looks, athletic achi...
DATE: Nov 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous