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Last weekend was certainly not one for those who are restricted to that time of the week to even consider venturing off the moorings. While the optimists will expound upon the necessity of such heavy weather to ensure proper mixing which, in turn, is...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Bob’s your uncle? Not on Budget Day 2013, Mr Acting Editor. The man has some job to do and I don’t envy him one bit. You could say that the new Finance Minister in a new Government is stuck between a rock and a hard place, and he hasn’t got a lot of ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
What a difference a few years makes. It almost seems as if the PLP is in the predicament that the UBP found itself in right after the 2008 General Election. Somewhat in tatters but definitely in transition. When you’re winning or think you have a goo...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
Successful or unsuccessful, is the question one has to ask about the recent national cricket tour to Barbados.
Was the timing of this tour right? Did much planning or thought go into this tour? Did it achieve what it was intended to achieve? These a...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
l The Bermuda International Film Festival will screen ‘’Beloved’ on Saturday. Catherine Deneuve stars in the movie, the latest to screen as part of the BFFlix Monthly Film Series. Film to be shown at BUEI at 5.30pm. For more details, or to buy ticket...
DATE: Feb 21, 2013
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
If only it was possible to push a political pause button, in order to truly reflect on what has happened to Bermuda economically and politically over the past decade. Pausing to reflect with cooler heads, would enable us to confront truths calmly, in...
DATE: Feb 19, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Steps to Success:
Lae’ula … in Hawaiian, being lae’ula (lie oo’lah) is “to live brilliantly. To experience extraordinary success. To master your craft” at least, according to a leaflet about sunglasses which I picked up.
It sounds like a great stat...
DATE: Feb 19, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Over the last 30 or 40 years, Bermuda like many jurisdictions, has experienced significant changes, and not all have been positive. International business without a doubt has played a vital role in our economy, as tourism, once the principle source o...
DATE: Feb 18, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
After the best part of a week of windy conditions and a weekend forecast of more of the same, it is unlikely that fishing is going to be on anyone’s agenda just yet.
While the amateurs have been indulging in other pastimes, some of the commercial ope...
DATE: Feb 16, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
A special report by Sky Sports this week on racism in English football got my attention, but I am somewhat amazed that more than 40 years after I first began experiencing racist chants at English grounds as one of only a handful of black players, the...
DATE: Feb 16, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best