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I have a little mantra — comparison is the thief of joy — and I have to remind myself of it often. Half-term was a perfect example. I’d taken the week off to hang out with the kids as I’d been working so many evenings. The girls are 7 and 5 now and I...
DATE: Nov 06, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
Much has been said and written about this legend over the past few weeks. Hundreds have sent in tributes from around the world.
Tens of thousands have benefited from his fight to ensure equality in the workplace for Bermudians.
Last week, the church...
DATE: Nov 06, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
This week’s column features the Throne Speech that will not be delivered next Friday. At least I don’t think so — and that’s because it is made up, by me. It comes with a disclaimer, too. Any resemblance to actual events, past or present, or actual p...
DATE: Nov 06, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
“Clean Bermuda had some roads
And on their roads they had some trash, T-R-A-S-H
With some trash-trash here and some trash-trash there
Everywhere some trash-trash
Here some trash
There some trash
All because Uncle OBA was holding back the cash” — TCF...
DATE: Nov 05, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
I’ve just got back from Mexico, where I spent the last week hosting a fitness retreat and training an amazing group of women.
We also shared a lot of laughs and adventures, too. It was such an incredible experience to be working with these women.
F...
DATE: Nov 04, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Becky Wright
The major threat to countries globally is not so much that a military conflict will destroy their basic way of life, or that nature will unleash some event with the power to cause a disaster with heavy loss of life and property. While such scenarios ...
DATE: Nov 04, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
A lawyer, an insurance broker and a scientist … it sounds like the start of a bad joke. I recently came across an old photo, I’d have been 9 at the time. A typical Bermuda-childhood stock picture, everyone crammed on to a canon in St George’s. Fresh,...
DATE: Nov 04, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Fundamentals rule this week particularly in healthcare. With 70 per cent of S&P 500 stocks having reported during this earnings season, all sectors have surprised with greater than expected earnings with the exception of financials. Revenues by secto...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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Dear Dr Nekia,
My boss pursued me a few years ago via e-mail. He admitted to finding me attractive and falling out of love with his wife. We communicated regularly online and sometimes I worked weekends just to steal time with him. He did not get a d...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nekia Walker
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: it might have been.”
- John Greenleaf Whittier
October 21 was Back to the Future day. This was the day that Marty McFly travelled to from 1985 in the second Back to the Future movie.
A lot o...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski