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Government Throne Speeches over the years have always contained a degree of honey, mixed with some of the bitter medicine that is required to keep our Island in a reasonable state of economic health.
The speech has always led to feisty debate in Parl...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Jose Mourinho’s unbeaten home record as Chelsea’s manager over two spells was preserved on the weekend when an injury-time penalty enabled them to snatch a 2-2 draw with West Bromwich Albion and deny Albion a first league win at Stamford Bridge in 35...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
Oh, oh — another tax article that RG readers tell me they hate because, as we Bermudians love to say, “it’s got nothin’ to do with me”.
I will unequivocally state right now that United States tax compliance has everything to do with us.
On Wednesda...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
To say that Old Man Winter has just moved in and taken up residence would not receive much in the way of argument from most people.
Gale, blustery weather and a drop in temperature translates into winter here in Bermuda, regardless of what the calen...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Tyler Butterfield’s performance at the World Ironman Championships in Hawaii and female cyclists Nicole Mitchell and Zoenique Williams’s accomplishments at the recent Caribbean Championships might rate as two of the best showings by Bermuda athletes ...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
Chocolate energy bites
“Smells like sheep” is not exactly the feedback we were looking for when we road tested a new snack in my Nutrifit class. Fortunately it was store bought and not a recipe I'd spent weeks perfecting. I'm not sure my pride could ...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
The Bermuda national cricket team kick off their World Cup Twenty/20 qualifying campaign today after two good, hard practice games.
Against Italy and Canada we were able to get some quality competitive games under our belts. Now it’s tournament time...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
There rarely is anything new under the sun, folks, and we are mistaken to expect otherwise. Or so it seems. The Throne Speech contained few surprises except maybe for the bit on the ten percent off groceries on Wednesdays. Yet even that was a bit of ...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Last week’s column looked at the social masks we wear, the personas we often rely on to hide our true selves in fear that if people really saw who we were beneath, they might not approve or accept us, or we might face flat-out rejection.
The desire t...
DATE: Nov 12, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
The drop in temperature and the rainy and bluster of the last week or so has gone a long way to knocking any ideas of fishing out of most peoples’ heads. What is it about the Rugby Classic that seems to hail the onset of winter?
Quite apart form the ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
