252 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Opinion Writer"
The 1960s saw real and explosive change in Bermuda. Given the international background, change abounded globally. In Africa, the Caribbean, and through civil rights and other movements in the United States, a potent environment was established.
On r...
DATE: Apr 23, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
More than a week ago, the Premier expressed concern that some families of elders who had loved ones in senior homes were refusing permission for the Covid vaccination to be administered to their relatives. I share his concern in the circumstances we ...
DATE: Apr 14, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
SOS! There is an urgent need to have put forward a few direct questions that have real-time significance and are of national importance.
What must one do in Bermuda to attain justice or even relief, if everyone from the very head of our judicial fram...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Many persons were of the opinion that David Burt's slight against the Governor over the assent of the Cannabis legislation was a prelude to the long-held dream, if not commitment, of the Progressive Labour Party to lead the country to independence.
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DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Arguably, our children are suffering the most right now. Research evidence seems to support this with child mental-health difficulties increasing, particularly in respect to anxiety and depression.
There are a few reasons why we should be especially ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Gemma Harris
The House of Assembly on February 19 passed the Progressive Labour Party’s new Cannabis Licensing Bill, which now heads to Senate for debate tomorrow. Let me offer a few thoughts…
The reason for the One Bermuda Alliance’s opposition to the Bill is t...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Scott Pearman
The notion expressed by Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Minister of National Security, that the Cannabis Licensing Act that passed in the House of Assembly on February 19, 2021, was a result of devious planning by the Government to use as a pro-independe...
DATE: Mar 01, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Cheryl Pooley
In acknowledgement of Black History Month, The Royal Gazette continues the publication of stories throughout February on African-American and global African people, events and institutions, and their contributions in history. Here historian Nafee...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Black History Month
Let me first declare my personal interest in the subject of cannabis. I won't be like the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, who said he smoked it but did not inhale. I did inhale — and thus begins my story.
I couldn't handle it be...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
In acknowledgement of Black History Month, The Royal Gazette continues the publication of stories throughout February on African-American and global African people, events and institutions, and their contributions in history
In the early 16th ce...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Black History Month