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Well that’s it. We are going to have to ban religion in the interest of good health. Spiritually beneficial it may be, but what about your waistline? We barely recovered from Christmas and then along came Easter. Chocolate bunnies, chocolate eggs, ho...
DATE: Apr 13, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
There’s a fine line between gaining experience and destroying confidence.
And at times, it might be argued, that line may have been crossed at the Carifta Games which ended on Monday night.
The curtain came down under a shower of praise.
The organisa...
DATE: Apr 13, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
Our economy is in need of growth to create jobs and opportunities for Bermudians.
We need to implement an action plan to stimulate growth to at least the peak level of the past five years. The graphs below show what our economy needs to start doing ...
DATE: Apr 13, 2012
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Wassup Bermuda? We couldn’t even get through Easter without violence? Cha man! What am I ever gonna do with my Island home? Well, I will keep praying for Bermuda. But we have to ditch our sense of entitlement.
In my opinion, one of the most shocking...
DATE: Apr 13, 2012
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
During a recent discussion on local politics, a political candidate who failed to win a seat in the 2007 general election opined that he “overestimated the intelligence of voters” in explaining his defeat. In other words, voters were stupid not to ha...
DATE: Apr 11, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
A couple of recent news articles have highlighted some of the uneven treatment handed out to Permanent Residents and husbands of Bermudians. A wife of a Bermudian is deemed to “belong” to Bermuda under the Constitution just the same as a Bermudian, s...
DATE: Apr 11, 2012
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There are a couple of things on my mind right now — not pleasant things. One is an adage and the other is something my pastor told me a long time ago, when I was on his staff as minister of children for a large, multi-staffed suburban church in Sacra...
DATE: Apr 10, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
I’m going to start with a seemingly random question.
Right now, write down the top five reasons why you chose the bank you bank with... and, no, this is not one of those market research surveys.
If you don’t use a bank, instead write down the top fi...
DATE: Apr 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
I hate travelling!
I loathe having to wait in long lines to go through Immigration, Customs, the searches, and, as with most other travellers, I hate the food ... that's if there's is any to be had. I hate the fact that it costs me a small fortune t...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Grumpy Old Man
In the second of a three-part series focusing on Bermuda’s public debt situation, Nathan Kowlaski looks at the the different scenarios that could unfold in the coming years.
In assessing potential outcomes in the trajectory of the debt profile in Be...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
