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Part 2 of Estate Planning. Part 1 was featured in RG on September 13, 2014 Are we ever prepared for the worst?
Leaving our legacy. No one, almost no one, wants to think about, or even admit that somewhere sometime, we will become one of the dearly ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2014
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Martha Harris Myron
The standard of cricket has dropped and it is time we do something drastic about it. I am openly challenging clubs to start planning now for next cricket season and identify ways that they can improve their programmes.
First of all, clubs have to re...
DATE: Sep 26, 2014
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Clay Smith
You thought maybe I might touch on Scotland this week, right? Wrong. Try Botswana. Yes, Botswana, Mr Editor, and if space permits I think I can bring it back to what happened in Scotland. Stay with me now.
I have just finished reading a fascinating b...
DATE: Sep 26, 2014
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John Barritt
“The One Bermuda Alliance does contradict itself sometimes. We make no apologies for that” — MP Glen Smith, Bermuda Sun, January 22, 2014
On September 10 the OBA announced that all 6,782 work permit holders had signed a waiver declaration recognisin...
DATE: Sep 26, 2014
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Christopher Famous
Last Saturday I thought to myself: Well, for the first time in a long time, I have no idea what my next column will be. As per norm, on Sunday I completed my exercise and other responsibilities, then I sat down to read something that makes my mind ti...
DATE: Sep 26, 2014
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Bryant Trew
Auto-correct, spellcheck, predictive text — all so useful, and yet so, so annoying. Recently I signed an e-mail “Best Retards”. Resorting to shorthand afterwards and signing off “Best”, I actually wrote “Beast”. Worse, in answer to a Beat the Couch q...
DATE: Sep 26, 2014
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Catherine Burns
It has often been said that sport and politics do not mix but we now live in a world where much of what we do, and in whatever realm, is intertwined and decisions by those elected to lead us trickle down inexorably to the sporting arena.
So we mix, y...
DATE: Sep 26, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith
The Police Gymkhana kicks off Police Week 2014 on October 4. Everyone is encouraged to come out for a fun-filled day at the Police Field in Prospect from 10am until 4pm. Youngsters aged three to 16 will be able to participate in bicycle activities an...
DATE: Sep 25, 2014
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
This week’s life lesson came like a slap in the face.
I lost my cool. So dramatically in fact, it was Oscar-worthy. The wheels fell off, springs boinged out, my head spun round as steam issued from my ears. I ran the full gamut of cool-losing — from ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2014
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Julia Pitt
Dear Carla: I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for two years. He has a six-year-old son. I get along with his family but they do something that bothers me. They always invite his ex-girlfriend to family functions. I can understand on the...
DATE: Sep 22, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Carla Zuill