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Speculation about the reasons for a decision, or the true cost of a project, has been elevated to a fine art after years of living without an access to information law.
Our country’s refinement of this skill began with generations of late-night talk...
DATE: Sep 28, 2016
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The One Bermuda Alliance was elected to provide Bermuda with more transparent, more accountable and more responsible government.
With those goals before us, we have made big strides in progressing freedom of information, transparency, accountability...
DATE: Sep 27, 2016
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Michael Dunkley
President Barack Obama will leave office having failed to use the tools at his disposal to make significant progress on getting child soldiers off the battlefield. That is the consensus among human rights groups who point out that for six consecutive...
DATE: Sep 27, 2016
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Mr Speaker, there is no doubt that the biggest threat to the future prospects of the way of life we enjoy in Bermuda today is the problem of the Government deficit and public debt.” — Bob Richards (2016 Budget Statement)Bob Richards is on record as s...
DATE: Sep 27, 2016
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David Burt, Premier of Bermuda
“Bermuda is another world”. In the western hemisphere or the Americas, there isn’t another country or island jurisdiction that has a racial profile like Bermuda. Most countries such as the United States or the Caribbean have either an overwhelming, a...
DATE: Sep 26, 2016
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Khalid Wasi
He went down with a single punch. Arkadiusz Jozwik, shy, devoted to his mother and an immigrant to Britain from his native Poland, was out with friends late last month enjoying pizza and drinks when they were set upon by a group of teens, some report...
DATE: Sep 26, 2016
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It did not take long to discover there was some hype behind the latest drug being touted as the great hope for Alzheimer’s disease. This summer, the biotech giant Biogen staged a press conference extolling the merits of its experimental drug aducanum...
DATE: Sep 23, 2016
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Faye Flam
Leadership is a privilege; it is not a right. This is a truth that the leadership of the Progressive Labour Party seem to have forgotten. What is it about leadership and power that holds the fixation of humans?
No matter what part of history, there h...
DATE: Sep 23, 2016
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The bombing and attempted attacks in New York and New Jersey have further raised legitimate fears that the United States may be entering a dangerous era of home-grown terrorism. It is worth remembering how the country endured similar ordeals in the p...
DATE: Sep 22, 2016
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Fifteen years ago, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously designated September 21 as International Peace Day, a time for members of the human family to reflect on how we inter-relate in the global community.
In a “connected” world, where we...
DATE: Sep 21, 2016
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