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Americans celebrate their independence from the British every 4th of July. Soon there may need to be a new holiday to celebrate a different kind of independence, energy independence.
By many accounts, the US sits on oil and gas reserves that rival ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
What a performance by Spain in the Euro 2012 final. Their 4-0 thrashing of Italy showed the world that they are still the team to beat.
The Spanish came good at the right time and it was unfortunate for the Italians that they ran into such a well-oil...
DATE: Jul 07, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
The Government of Bermuda recently announced the launch and sale of yet another large tranche of Bermuda bonds (called Senior Notes), some $475 million USD worth paying 4.138% interest annually, with a fifteen-year maturity date of November 2023.
In...
DATE: Jul 07, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
The 28th Blue Marlin World Cup took place as always on July 4 in conditions that perhaps were not ideal but were certainly eminently fishable and as this coincided with the Bermuda Billfish Blast there was plenty of action to be covered.
Worldwide, t...
DATE: Jul 07, 2012
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Tight Lines
So, I was in Miami last weekend and went to dinner at a pretty swanky steakhouse in Aventura. We arrived at dinner at 9pm and we were essentially done by 9.50pm. And the place was busy/hopping.
I remember saying to the Mrs: “This would never happen i...
DATE: Jul 06, 2012
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
July should be a month to relax and enjoy the fruits of ones — or the landscapers — labours with a bounty of colour to enhance the garden and create a feeling of a job well done. Many aspects contribute to this palette of colour including the mainten...
DATE: Jul 06, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Griffiths
It now appears that only two track and field athletes will represent Bermuda when the London Olympics get underway later this month; long jumpers Tyrone Smith, who has qualified, and Aranxta King, who has been given a wild card.
But, given how some o...
DATE: Jul 06, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
This week our Under-18 squad will be travelling to play in the America’s Under-18 Match Play Tournament in Fort Lauderdale. Bermuda youngsters will play USA and Canada’s youth teams in a double round-robin tournament, which means playing each team tw...
DATE: Jul 06, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
Catherine Burns
Food for Thought
Summer has well and truly arrived, and with it, an embarrassing attack of Humidity Hair. As a mum, it’s hard enough trying to dodge the jammy handprints without Mother Nature having a go at your self-esteem too. Whoev...
DATE: Jul 06, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
This is an abridged version of a speech recently delivered by former One Bermuda Alliance Leader and long-standing MP John Barritt at the Annual Bishop’s Luncheon
One of my favourite sayings, a West Indian proverb, tells us that the leaky roof may ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2012
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
