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Bermuda is still locked in a battle to gain the upper hand on the coronavirus, which continues to shake even the most powerful nations. With additional loss of life, and increasing infections creating greater challenges for our medical officials, it ...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
As I write this, we are in yet another wave of outbreak, with the numbers of those with Covid diagnoses once again rising, and a raft of restrictions and closures on the horizon.
We often say that grief comes in waves; symbolising that healing and r...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Gemma Harris
This is no lament for the way we were — now is not the time — but rather recognition of the way it is, and is likely to be for some time to come.
There can be few among of us who are not suffering exhaustion and/or fatigue and/or exasperation with th...
DATE: Apr 08, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Are you hungry? Is there a sufficient quantity of affordable and nutritious food reliably accessible to you? Everyone enjoys a good meal — but many of us take our food supply for granted.
The events of this past year have made clear the fragility of...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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This year, “I choose to challenge” was the theme of International Women’s Month. In the spirit of this, I have elected to challenge our government to work to improve the protection of women and others who are harassed and abused, and to ban the non-d...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Kempe
The year 2020 and the start of 2021 will mark a dramatically different school experience that all of our children will remember for the rest of their lives. Our teachers have had to be creative, adapting to conditions and circumstances that they were...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ben Smith
For too many years Bermudians have been fed with the narrative that we need to become more like the Cayman Islands, specifically with regard to work-permit and status issues.
Realistically, it is hard to argue with things like budget surpluses and in...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
In my last piece for International Women’s Month, I wrote about the experience of being a mother during Covid. Now I’m going to shift gears to explore the global pay inequality between men and women
According to the “statistics”…
The statistics ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Kempe
Bermuda, when the pandemic swept across the planet and changed all of our lives, it was understood that our government would have to react quickly to new challenges and changing issues. The blueprint on the actions required to keep our country safe a...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ben Smith
Apart from the global pandemic that has many governments scrambling to cope with a virus that has brought so many powerful nations to their knees, there are other horrific incidents such as refugee camp fires, massive flooding and military confrontat...
DATE: Mar 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour