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I was a diabetic, that’s right I said “was”. I was diagnosed with diabetes 17-plus years ago as type 2, the very common onset diabetes, which has reached epidemic proportions in Bermuda. My mother and my paternal grandmother both died from its effect...
DATE: Apr 11, 2017
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When you assume government, you inherit all the problems and issues along with it. “It’s your baby now.” You may get a few days of grace and a glimmer of recognition of the problems created by your predecessor, but the sentiment is short-lived and th...
DATE: Apr 08, 2017
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“On this continent, it has not taken us long to discover that the struggle against colonialism does not end with the attainment of national independence. Independence is only the prelude to a new and more involved struggle for the right to conduct ou...
DATE: Apr 07, 2017
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One hundred and twenty-five students of the Berkeley Institute are slated for graduation this summer. One of the several mandatory requirements for graduation is for each student to go through a mock professional interview; that which was held this y...
DATE: Apr 06, 2017
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The liberal imagination tends to assume not only that history unfolds in a progressive direction but also that progressivism’s disparate values and groups need not contradict one another. But from Brexit to Donald Trump, the past year has served as a...
DATE: Apr 06, 2017
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Android is donning the crown of the world’s No 1 operating system, both in terms of the number of devices that use it and the revenue its ecosystem generates. As an Android user, I don’t really mind — but there are ominous aspects to its growing domi...
DATE: Apr 05, 2017
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Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys said in a recent meeting of National Football League owners that the league should “drop its prohibition on marijuana use,” according to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio.
While recreational marijuana use is...
DATE: Apr 04, 2017
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April is designated as Hospitality Month, a time to reflect on how we treat each other, especially strangers. In Bermuda, we are more likely to think only of the second pillar of our economy. However, in its essence, “hospitality” speaks directly to ...
DATE: Apr 04, 2017
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Theresa May has sent her six-page letter to the European Union headquarters in Brussels, filing the beginnings of the end of Britain’s 44-year membership within the EU. With 50 per cent of its exports going to Europe and its convenient location and s...
DATE: Apr 04, 2017
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With talks on Britain’s exit from the European Union finally about to begin, one procedural issue looms large: do the negotiations on three big subjects — exit terms, transitional arrangements and a future comprehensive agreement on a UK-EU partnersh...
DATE: Apr 04, 2017
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