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Last week we wrote about our happy Valentine fellow blissfully leaving the Rock and heading to America to be with the perfect lady in the land of opportunity with its fabled streets of gold and bluer skies.
Destiny is so full of promise, but it is al...
DATE: Feb 13, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
“The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past”
— William Faulkner
It wasn’t just the timing of the February 5 announcement of pathways to status, Mr Editor, coming as it did so hard on the heels of the Government’s loss in the Devonshire North Central by-...
DATE: Feb 13, 2016
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
With blows like the ones we have had in the past few days, and the reports of even worse seafaring along the East Coast of the United States, local fishing scene has approached its absolute depths of any season.
Only a very few commercial operators a...
DATE: Feb 13, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
While out canvassing recently, a Bermudian couple asked us to come in and have a conversation with them about the hikes in the land tax proposed by finance minister Bob Richards the week before Christmas.
The husband presented a spreadsheet that show...
DATE: Feb 12, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
"There are not many young people interested in becoming farmers these days and it’s important for us to encourage a change in that mindset.“As minister, I will do all I can to ensure that the Government will do whatever it can to help farmers and fis...
DATE: Feb 12, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Bryant Trew
Riveting, exciting and unpredictable even, Mr Editor. This is what elections hold not just for political junkies, but the casual observer as well. No, I do not have in mind the recent by-election in Devonshire North Central, which seemed to be anythi...
DATE: Feb 12, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Half-term is here and, with it, a glitter explosion of epic proportions. I have an all-or-nothing approach to children’s crafts and am liberal with the supplies. But my real mistake was baking while the girls completed their masterpieces. I could bar...
DATE: Feb 12, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
One of the biggest stumbling blocks for most political parties in democratic jurisdictions is the inability to communicate well with the people once in power, and the result usually is confusion, mistrust and ultimately a loss of confidence. The easi...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Congratulations! Godspeed! You’re going to be a new father and you have no clue what’s going on.
Join the club, try the veal, tip your waiter. It occurred to me that I should probably try to organise my life now that I’ll be responsible for little mu...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Husayn Symonds
While facilitating a workshop last year on managing change, I ventured that change, despite how drastic it might feel at the time, always delivers positives if we choose to see them.
It was an idea met with resistance. Not all change, they argued. O...
DATE: Feb 10, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
