249 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Opinion Writer"
America will celebrate its 400-year anniversary of colonisation through Virginia. The executive branch has mobilised a committee to recognise African inclusion, and Bermuda is integral to its existence. We often hear of Plymouth Rock and the pilgrims...
DATE: Nov 16, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Populism is reverberating throughout the world. It manifests via polarised political outcomes; trade skirmishes or immigration backlash and it affects nearly all regions. In fact, demographically we are likely entering a period of heightened tensions...
DATE: Jul 23, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
One of the great advantages Bermuda has enjoyed historically is the fact there were no wars fought on its shores, unlike most other countries.
Unless we count the single cannon ball fired from Gates Fort in St George’s at a Spanish rowing boat.
We d...
DATE: Jul 07, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
In the second part of his two-part commentary on inequality in Bermuda, economist Robert Stubbs discusses tax burdens on people of varying incomes.
If governments globally are reluctant to publish data concerning poverty, they regard releasing infor...
DATE: Jul 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robert Stubbs
Recently, a significant political event took place in the Caribbean nation of Barbados — coincidentally on May 24. If my view is correct, it has profound implications for Bermuda. There was an absolute trouncing of the incumbent political party with ...
DATE: Jun 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
There are some among us, Mr Editor, who think we should scrap the Westminster system altogether. We know why. There appears to be so much unnecessary division and bitterness to our politics, which in turn seems to widen the divide in the greater comm...
DATE: Jun 07, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
A prevailing view in some circles in Bermuda, Mr Editor, is that the British Government will not entertain any further amendment to the Bermuda Constitution Order unless we deign to seek independence.
Whether or not that is the official position rema...
DATE: Jun 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
The past few weeks have provided an invaluable insight into what some of the electorate are talking about and what their concerns really are.
Every time I stop and talk to the voters in Warwick North East, the same issues crop up: affordable healthca...
DATE: Jun 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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Do you remember being little? All the doting relatives asking what you were going to be when you grow up. Young children are always so truthful, so sincere, and breathtakingly honest.
Some children say they want to be a diver, while others it was to ...
DATE: Jun 02, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
The following is a repurposing of the Premier’s speech to the House of Assembly on the 50th anniversary of Universal Adult Suffrage in Bermuda:
Mr Speaker, Madame President, Honourable Members of the House of Assembly and the Senate, former premiers,...
DATE: May 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
David Burt, Premier of Bermuda
