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On this latest House of Assembly protest, I have to first acknowledge my own bias. My sister, who is a retired senior citizen, was one of those pepper-sprayed and I believe her portrayal of events.
She is a sympathiser and supporter of the Progressiv...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
“It is not the role of the Auditor-General to report on the very many things that are right in the financial affairs of the public sector. The Audit Act requires his reports to focus mainly on observed problems and deficiencies. Accordingly his repor...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Bryant Trew
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer”
— Albert Camus
In December 1977, as a young man living temporarily in London, I had an experience that resonates with that metaphor above. I began to discover an unc...
DATE: Dec 06, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
Dear Dr. Nekia,
I’m dating someone who does not like to talk about their past. I am interested in things because I want to get to know her better but she says that the past doesn’t matter. I am open with her about my past relationships and I can no...
DATE: Dec 05, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nekia Walker
The key story in November was Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the US presidential election. With prospects of a Trump victory increasing as results poured in from key battleground states, equity futures sank, with the S&P 500 futures hitting limit...
DATE: Dec 05, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
As the saying goes, you can choose your friends, but not your family.
I am grateful to have Neville Tyrrell as a big cousin/big brother.
For the last 12 months I’ve spent most of my weekends in his presence.
Just like the good old days, he has take...
DATE: Dec 03, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Christmas shopping preparations have started. Pressure is escalating for parents, relatives and friends to produce gifts that will live up to expectations.
Not everyone has a spending nest egg this year given that here are many individuals, and the...
DATE: Dec 03, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
It’s December and yet winter really has yet to take a bite of this part of the world. Not a complaint but an observation.
We are overdue a winter gale with howling winds that lasts for three days and is punctuated by hard downpours just when it look...
DATE: Dec 03, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Much of the world seems to have taken the view that the tragic devastation taking place in a place called Aleppo, in Syria, is some distant horror story that is best handled by that old saying: “Out of sight, out of mind.”
Decades ago, that was not...
DATE: Dec 03, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
“God Our Father, Christ Our Redeemer, Holy Spirit Our Comforter, Humankind Our Family”
— AME Church motto
A creed that thousands of Bermudians have grown up listening to, reciting and living for most, if not all, of their lives. As the third largest ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous