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Over the past few years, a false narrative has been repeated over and over in an attempt to paint the Civil Service in an extremely negative light. The motive of those who continue to speak in this manner is fairly clear, however, their facts are, at...
DATE: Aug 21, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Dear Dr Nekia,
I am dating someone new and because we have decided to take our relationship a bit more seriously, we have introduced one another to our friends. So far, he enjoys being around my friends, but I must admit that I do not like most of hi...
DATE: Aug 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nekia Walker
“How do I say goodbye to what we had?
The good times that made us laugh
Outweigh the bad.
I thought we’d get to see forever
But forever’s gone away
It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.”
— Boys II Men
By Christopher Famous
Less than two mo...
DATE: Aug 14, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
In an interview with ZBM on August 3, a seemingly irate Michael Dunkley spoke about how he is a Bermudian and, how he “ ... sleeps in a Bermudian bed ...” and “ ... feels Bermudians’ pain ...”
Needless to say, this was not received well and many Ber...
DATE: Aug 07, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!” — Marcus Garvey
Emancipation Day, August 1, 1834, the day the English “granted” freedom to the Africans they had enslaved for four centuries. Freedom that they never ...
DATE: Jul 29, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
I am sure you have all heard the recent statistic that 74.6 per cent of our population is overweight or obese.
That has major implications when it comes to the risk of disease, quality of life and the viability of health insurance benefits.
Althoug...
DATE: Jul 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
Last week I wrote about generosity and the importance of giving of ourselves from a place of wholeness and not depletion.
This week I want to highlight the importance of giving itself.
Authors Stephen Post and Jill Neimark detailed numerous studies...
DATE: Jul 22, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Dear Dr Nekia,
Is it OK to self pleasure?
Sincerely,
Just Want To Know
Dear Just Want To Know,
If you are speaking according to morals, the answer to your question will have to be decided personally by you. You may choose to either conform to or swa...
DATE: Jul 20, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nekia Walker
There is a saying about separating wheat from chaff, essentially separating the positive wheat from the useless chaff.
For different reasons, a number of Bermudians who may have been frustrated three years ago decided to vote for OBA. Many of them wo...
DATE: Jul 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
Nobody knows my sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
Glory hallelujah!”
Negro spiritual
1500-1860
Twenty million Africans stolen and transported into European colonial slavery
Blacks react with hurt
1968
Mart...
DATE: Jul 08, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous