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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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Opinion Writer
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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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Opinion Writer
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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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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Anyone familiar with the classic British television series, the satirical “Yes, Minister” will know that at its core the show was about the efforts by a government Minister to lead and his battles with often recalcitrant civil servants. This fictiona...
DATE: Jul 05, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
Morning Ladies and Gents.
So, not only are we now into the second half of 2012, yesterday also marked Independence Day when we honour the bravery of Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum, who saved the world from alien invaders back in the 1990s. Cause for ce...
DATE: Jul 05, 2012
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
Happy 236th birthday America, with many happy returns of this day! As an American, it never ceases to amaze me how our forefathers risked so much for our liberties and our freedom. The majority of them lost their homes and many their lives to win the...
DATE: Jul 04, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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Governments around the world come and go for many reasons, including failure to be accountable to the people they serve, along with tyranny, corruption and undemocratic principles.
In these circumstances it is always the people who must struggle to m...
DATE: Jul 04, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
I want you to read this quote attributed to John Carroll of HSBC Bank USA: “The importance of knowing and understanding the local market is ingrained in our corporate culture. Being local means more than just speaking the language, our offices around...
DATE: Jul 04, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
The Government’s main argument in defending its record on the economy has been that Bermuda’s economic troubles are caused by “the global recession”.
The One Bermuda Alliance has always disputed this view because our recession has been deepened and p...
DATE: Jul 03, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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Do you remember how ‘stress’ was a hot topic of the 1980s? Everyone was suffering from it and getting tests. Stress, unfortunately, didn’t disappear with bat-wing sleeves and shoulder pads — quite the opposite. Increased technology, heightened expect...
DATE: Jul 03, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
