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We were very pleased to launch Skyport this month, heralding in the long-expected beginning of a significant upgrade to the quality of Bermuda’s air travel experience at LF Wade International Airport. It is an honour to be a part of the creation of t...
DATE: Mar 28, 2017
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The pulling of the GOP healthcare Bill was a big loss, and perhaps significant beyond its own costs, as it may signal that the “Area 51” sub-caucus within the Freedom Caucus is made up not so much of conservative Republicans as parties of one with no...
DATE: Mar 27, 2017
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Some may have thought, when I announced in the House of Assembly a drop of more than $1 million in the Financial Assistance budget for the coming year, that the One Bermuda Alliance was cutting spending in one of the very areas that needs funding the...
DATE: Mar 25, 2017
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Derek Walcott, recipient of the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature, died last week in his native Saint Lucia. Walcott’s muse was Caribbean but his reach was global. His death has triggered an outpouring of tributes, reflections and memories of the man ...
DATE: Mar 25, 2017
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There is still the impression in the community that large amounts of financing will be needed to cash in on the numerous America’s Cup business opportunities. Far too many are operating under the belief that expensive equipment or guaranteed contract...
DATE: Mar 24, 2017
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Nearly everyone has criticism for the proposal of Heiko Mass, the German justice minister, to impose fines on social networks and their workers for failure to delete hateful content. Internet freedom advocates hate it for imposing censorship. The Eur...
DATE: Mar 23, 2017
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There are few people who would not admit that the building of a new airport for Bermuda is long overdue, and without action now our main gate of entrance could be destroyed overnight by a ferocious hurricane, leaving the Government and the people in ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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Al Seymour
A House Intelligence Committee hearing on Monday produced the remarkable spectacle of FBI director James Comey publicly testifying that there was “no information that supports” tweets by Donald Trump alleging wiretapping of his New York headquarters ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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From today, passengers travelling to the United States from ten airports in eight Muslim-majority countries will not be allowed to have iPads, laptops or any communications device larger than a smartphone in the cabin of the aircraft. If you are trav...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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Did you ever get the feeling that Bermuda has outgrown its skin? For a tiny island, it seems we have adopted many of the practices common in a larger country such as the United States. We drive large SUVs to work, generate large amounts of waste, eng...
DATE: Mar 21, 2017
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