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I see that another professional footballer has landed himself in some trouble over comments made on social media.
West Brom’s Peter Odemwingie was disciplined by his club this week over comments he made about the club on Twitter, a situation that wi...
DATE: Apr 06, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
The issue of financial disclosure for parliamentarians has concerned me for years, Mr Acting Editor. There has always been this nagging feeling that the requirement for disclosure has been honoured more in the breach than in the application. The reas...
DATE: Apr 06, 2013
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John Barritt
There are those of us who are beginning to think that angling has become a thing of the past. Winter is expected to be the down time for most but this year has even seen the commercial operators finding fairly desperate conditions for any sort of off...
DATE: Apr 06, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
When I became Finance Minister I knew the job ahead was going to be very challenging.
Our goal as a new Government was to get the economy working again for the benefit of Bermudians — creating jobs and career opportunities; and enabling government to...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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Imagine my alarm when I discovered I was sweating chocolate through my pores. There I was, collapsed on the sofa, clutching a medicinal glass of wine after treading on Lego, when I noticed chocolate oozing from my arm. For a nerve-wracking few minute...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
I believe in freedom of speech, but the content and tone of some of the blogs, letters to the editor, anonymous comments, etc concerns me. I am disturbed by the amount of hate, vitriol, negative sentiment that I hear, see, sense and feel in the tone ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
l Shiver me timbers and hoist the Jolly Roger the pirates of Bermuda are planning to take 50 prominent community members hostage on Saturday. This event will take place at Albuoy's Point from noon until 3pm and is a Spirit of Bermuda fundraiser. Dona...
DATE: Apr 04, 2013
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
I write this from the UK where I face the daunting task of emptying a storage unit full of possessions leftover from my former life here before I moved back to Bermuda. “Just get rid of the lot”, was the advice from friends, which makes sense as I al...
DATE: Apr 02, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Albert Einstein once said that “coincidence is Gods way of remaining anonymous”. It is therefore truly poetic that the first 100 days of our new government would finish on Easter weekend a time for spiritual healing and new beginnings. It is even mor...
DATE: Apr 01, 2013
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The Immigration Appeal Tribunal has just published its procedural rules to hear appeals, which means that Bermuda finally has a fully functioning Tribunal for people to appeal decisions relating to work permits, residency and Bermuda status. This rep...
DATE: Apr 01, 2013
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