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“We regret to announce the death of the Bermuda Tourism Authority in its seventh year of existence”
You get the idea. The Government has announced that former national security minister and sitting Devonshire MP Wayne Caines will also become t...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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October 2020 saw the start of the next phase of the Ministry of Education’s school transformation process, and the consultative phase of the Progressive Labour Party's promise to the people of Bermuda is well under way.
That promise is to enact educa...
DATE: Nov 10, 2020
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In 1919, a compassionate and beautiful Act of Parliament was passed in Britain for all Commonwealth soldiers returning from the First World War.
In Bermuda, it guaranteed free hospital treatment for life at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, pensions...
DATE: Nov 10, 2020
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The United States has experienced two periods of Reconstruction – in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War and during the 1950s and 1960s. During these two eras, the nation attempted to confront a history of racial injustice and exploitation, corr...
DATE: Oct 29, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
David A. Love
Some sports stars dazzle on the pitch or earn headlines for their after-hours antics. Others lend their names to good causes. But it's unusual for a player in his early prime to take on a government as Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has do...
DATE: Oct 28, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Therese Raphael
“Oft as we can we will come back again
”Here oft you will find us”
— Berkeley School Song
Fellow Berkeleyites, I greet you today on the 123rd anniversary of the founding of our school, our home, the Berkeley Institute.
Imagine, if you ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Long controversial, the Greek system on college campuses is under fire again. This time, the pressure is from within. Sparked by the national reckoning over racial injustice, calls to #AbolishGreekLife began sweeping American colleges and universitie...
DATE: Oct 22, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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Yale is under attack for allegedly doing too much to support students from underrepresented backgrounds. In reality, the university hasn't done enough.
For Yale students and faculty of colour, progress has often been slow and incremental. It took 86 ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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“Number two on the sides and three on top — a little fade.”
Matthew Schuring is cutting hair at Lincoln Way Barbershop in Massillon, Ohio, which his father ran for 30 years until he died a decade ago. How’s business been?
“Definitely slowed down...
DATE: Oct 19, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Frank Barry
The current and possible future changes in individuals’ and families’ reactions to, coping mechanisms with, and adaptation of habits due to social isolation, quarantining, and the Covid illness itself continues to be a source of intense analysis by e...
DATE: Sep 19, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron