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By Christopher Famous
An open letter to Bermuda’s civil servants:
“Bermuda values and needs your services. Your jobs will be safe under an OBA Government. Our approach will be to freeze the growth of the civil service and allow it to shrink by attrit...
DATE: Oct 10, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
There’s nothing like a browse through the aisles at People’s Pharmacy to make me realize that Halloween has changed – partly because time has marched on, partly because Hallmark are so good at convincing us it’s all important and partly because I’m o...
DATE: Oct 10, 2014
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Catherine Burns
When a player represents his country he must realise that there is a different level of commitment and expectation. Players have to realise the importance of training and working hard. When you train hard, it makes it harder for you to give up or fai...
DATE: Oct 10, 2014
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Clay Smith
Front Street will be closed off from King Street to Court Street for the Kings of Construction Block Party on Friday, October 17th. The evening’s festivities will kick off at 7.30pm with the Kings of Construction Competition, consisting of five const...
DATE: Oct 09, 2014
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
Sometimes I can be a real killjoy. I notice it especially with the kids. Children can get so enthusiastic about things, literally buzzing in their little socks with excitement, often over the pretty mundane. Ebullient over the ordinary, what a wonder...
DATE: Oct 07, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Dear Carla: I am so angry with my brother. He has three teenage sons who do nothing to help out him and his wife whatsoever. Besides doing well in school, their boys lay around the house and make no effort to lift a finger to do anything … unless the...
DATE: Oct 06, 2014
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Carla Zuill
Recently the US dollar has surged. Its gain versus a basket of major currencies since the beginning of July as measured by the US Dollar Index ‘DXY’ is almost nine per cent as of this writing. Most of this appreciation has come at the expense of the ...
DATE: Oct 06, 2014
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Nathan Kowalski
People who cherish freedom around the world are contemplating what appears to be crumbling values of basic human rights in many areas of public life, as conflicts explode in various parts of the planet, with little or no solutions in...
DATE: Oct 06, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
It rather looks like a sudden movement from the sublime to the ridiculous has heralded the swan song to this year’s angling season.
Put in realistic terms, a commercial boat goes out one day and scores a dozen or more prime wahoo, only to return to t...
DATE: Oct 04, 2014
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Tight Lines
So summer was generous in its precipitation which bodes well for lush growth — even given the threat of a hurricane or two — which combined with the still high temperatures, prolongs the green appearance of gardens in general.
A visual treat to the ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2014
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Malcolm Griffiths