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“To be or not to be”
Larry Scott’s first book ,”‘It’s only 4 %’: Crime In Bermuda”, is controversial from the first page when it burns a former Premier, then buries Ministers and judges before condemning legislators and financiers. In fact, everyone...
DATE: Aug 29, 2011
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There are few people who are absolutely comfortable with the current relationship between Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union.
Recently Premier Paula Cox, following anxious moments over a labour dispute involving a female bus driver who refus...
DATE: Aug 29, 2011
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Al Seymour
There was a lot of football this week and the season is now really up and running with the Champions League draw coming out and the Premier League in full swing.
All the top teams had good wins and it will be interesting to see what happens this week...
DATE: Aug 27, 2011
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Clyde Best
Anyone who does not think that there is an election pending has been missing the signs.
The rhetoric, the promises of new programs, the photographic and interview opportunities, the demands and whining in the blame game are being displayed on both si...
DATE: Aug 27, 2011
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Martha Harris Myron
While we sit and discuss who will be the Bermuda Cricket Board's next president and vice president in my opinion more importantly we also have to think about what the future holds for our sportsmen.
Two issues this week caught my interest, one about...
DATE: Aug 26, 2011
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Clay Smith
Belle is on her way to walking, clutching our hands as she wobbles around the living room. The catch is that she’ll only walk sideways, so she looks like a little crab. Perhaps she’s watched ‘The Little Mermaid’ one too many times with her sister. In...
DATE: Aug 26, 2011
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Catherine Burns
This week my pet peeve is people’s attitudes towards, and abuse of, sick leave. I am sick and tired of people being out sick, taking too many sick days, thinking it is no big deal if they take several sick days, thinking they’re entitled to their eig...
DATE: Aug 26, 2011
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DJLT
The Internet, social media and the mass sharing of content online has opened up a range of issues on who owns what and who has permission to republish. The debate has implications for those who post on social media and also for businesses, which migh...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Ahmed Elamin
Debating important national issues takes on an additional layer of complexity in small societies like Bermuda: the space between opinion leaders and the public is a lot smaller. This lack of distance creates a more intimate environment for interactio...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Walton Brown
WASHINGTON - In theory, Democrats should be nervous about Texas Gov Rick Perry's decision to enter the presidential race. In practice, though, it's Republicans who have zoomed up the anxiety ladder into freak-out mode.
To clarify, not all Republicans...
DATE: Aug 23, 2011
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