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Bermuda’s future lies in establishing itself as a Mid-Atlantic Financial Centre. This means that Bermuda and Bermudians must forever abandon the idea of reviving tourism to the state and status that tourism occupied between 1920 and 1990. Following i...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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Happy Holidays Bermuda! Last week I hit hard on the Christmas tree merchants and perhaps I was a little to harsh on them. I did a little more research and determined that Christmas tree prices are not that much higher than last year. But guess what? ...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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DJLT
IF NEW tourism minister Wayne Furbert wants to examine the enormity of his task, he need look no further than this week's Goodwill golf tournament.
Once one of the most popular international sporting events on the Island, and in numbers one of the la...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
Flowers at this time of year are mostly annuals and can make a good splash of colour when planted and maintained correctly, though damage from wind and salt spray can have a negative effect on future growth. Selection is therefore important when cons...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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Malcolm Griffiths
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are without a doubt two of the world’s greatest footballers currently and maybe even of all time.
As they compete for the FIFA footballer of the year award, for fans it really comes down to personal preference as th...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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Clay Smith
The United Kingdom government has launched a review of its relationship with its colonies, the Overseas Territories, and plans to publish a new position paper next July. In an ostensible gesture toward greater democracy the public have been invited t...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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Walton Brown
The holidays bring on a heightened sense of giving and receiving of gifts to mark a part of Christmas traditions celebrated across the world.
For many families with children and adolescents the focus is often on that special toy or popular electroni...
DATE: Dec 06, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Darnell Wynn
Last night I went to a reception that Debi-Raye Rivers and her husband, Jerry, put on at their home in order to thank people who had been supportive of her efforts to establish a response to child sexual abuse on the island of Bermuda. She has establ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2011
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Philip Brownell
One way of looking at general elections is to imagine that voters are bus passengers waiting for the right bus to come along in order to reach their desired destination.
Most of us have heard of people catching the wrong bus, through not checking the...
DATE: Dec 06, 2011
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Al Seymour
“Demographics is the single most important factor that nobody pays attention to.” - Peter Drucker
Estimating a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the short term can be difficult and is subject to many shifting and interrelated forces. Numerous...
DATE: Dec 05, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
