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My, how time has flown by. A decade ago, the Bermuda cricket team made history by qualifying for the 2007 World Cup.
As the day approaches I’m sure many members of that team will reflect on the incredible feeling that they shared on July 7, 2005, whi...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
Nothing quite like being between a rock and a hard place, Mr Editor. It is no fun and you can’t bail. It’s very much like that in politics.
There are two big issues that are looming that are not going to go away:
• The decriminalisation or, maybe eve...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
No, dear readers, I didn’t miss it. We have a new news sheriff in town and I appreciate that I am now writing to a new Editor (pictured).
First, my congratulations, Mr Editor: the first black Editor of The Royal Gazette after centuries of publicati...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
You’re just using me to win stuff.
That’s what my daughter said the first time I suggested she enter an art competition. She was six.
She was spending every waking minute cutting, drawing and taping together weird objects — wool, a pencil and Barbie’...
DATE: Jul 02, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Slacker Mom
In 1981 a man returned to Bermuda from an extended trip to Canada. As he made his way to his home, he noticed a few new young faces among those children he had left behind.
He had never met most of these new faces. Likewise these new faces had never...
DATE: Jul 01, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
As Alice Cooper so eloquently croons, “School’s out for summer!”
The heat is here, days are long, and while every year the disappointing reality still shocks me that grown-ups don’t automatically get ten weeks of summer vay-cay too, we get the vibe v...
DATE: Jul 01, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Let’s be honest, dieting is not fun. By its very definition it means to restrict food intake in order to lose weight, and there is nothing fun about restriction!
But at some point in our lives most of us have, or will likely embark on, a restrictiv...
DATE: Jul 01, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Becky Wright
Summer is generally thought of as a time for outdoor fun and adventure, a time to enter the spirit of enjoying many of the natural amenities this beautiful island has to offer; and that is always a good thing.
However, there must be a realistic appr...
DATE: Jun 30, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Dear Dr Nekia,
I expressed to my husband that I needed some “me” time and he got upset. He says that people should not need a break from one another.
I tried to explain to him that it’s not that I don’t love him and the children, I just need a break...
DATE: Jun 29, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nekia Walker
I probably don’t need to tell you that Greece has a debt problem. Actually, it’s better to call it a crisis. It now faces two very large and imminent debt payments: 2 billion euros due to the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) within 30 days and by ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
