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As the sadness and tragedy of this global pandemic become all too real in Bermuda, it can be difficult right now to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
From an economic standpoint, although we are yet to understand the full impact of the social-...
DATE: Apr 14, 2020
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As I write this opinion, the island is nine days into a state of emergency and 24-hour curfew, with limited exceptions such as medical needs, grocery shopping and daily exercise among them. These conditions are in place until Saturday.
While the Gove...
DATE: Apr 14, 2020
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Michael Dunkley
We have now seen two Bermuda lawyers congratulate the Bermuda Government on the good sense of the declaration of the state of emergency under section 14 of our constitution.
Statements of this kind always require a good deal of thought before governm...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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I write this in exasperation at the Bermuda Government’s patently illogical approach to the coronavirus lockdown.
Here is my theory: that by reacting to only a small minority on two opposite ends of the Covid-19 panic, the Premier and his team have ...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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There is no question that remote hearings in the Bermuda courts are a good means of ensuring the continued delivery of justice during these unprecedented times. Even though swift and huge progress has and will continue to be made in improving remote ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Victoria Greening
In one of the eyewitness accounts of Jesus’s life and ministry, the Apostle John writes of the experience of those first disciples on the day that we now call Easter Day.
He says: “When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the d...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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“In Bermuda, the Easter weekend is an opportunity to spend quality time with family and friends.
A time to embrace our unique culture and special traditions, flying kites, playing marbles and jacks, feasting on hot cross buns and fishcakes, and simpl...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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As we sit in our homes for the next two or more weeks under the curfew imposed by the Government — which I agree with as a necessity to control Covid-19 — we may feel this is unnecessary. Some will feel stressed for being confined. However, it is for...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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This is the last in a three-part series studying the unintended consequences of the novel coronavirus on island and worldwide from an economic standpoint
The coronavirus economic blow is such that there is no orthodox way to bear the burden of the r...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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The white square block of St Thomas’s hospital sits on the banks of the Thames, right across Westminster Bridge from the House of Commons. The hubbub of cameras in front of its door since Boris Johnson was admitted as a patient on Sunday signals that...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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