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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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AUTHOR:
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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AUTHOR:
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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AUTHOR:
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
Those of you who like to fish by the rules can just go ahead and put all your gear into mothballs. You won’t even be contemplating using it again until April at the very earliest.
Rules? What rules? Here opens an interesting topic for discussion. Loc...
DATE: Dec 03, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
The Carling Cup was exciting this week with many upsets and very interesting games, most notably Crystal Palace beating Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Palace knocking out United was not what most football fans had expected but anything can happen...
DATE: Dec 03, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
The composite case examples are based on two Bermuda residents who do not have US citizenship, US tax liabilities associated with foreign pensions, exempt company employers or other multinational, multi jurisdictional issues that require complex plan...
DATE: Dec 03, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
The aim of the Regeneration of Bermuda's Economy project is to provide suggestions from all sectors of the community that will benefit Bermuda on a long-term basis, can be implemented quickly and are of no cost to Government.
Over the past couple of...
DATE: Dec 02, 2011
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
That old adage might be applicable at Bermuda Cricket Board.
This week’s elections were a clear case of deja vu.
For some reason better known to themselves, the clubs voted in the old guard with Ll...
DATE: Dec 02, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson