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In the first instalment that was published recently, I noted the previous mountains that we as Bermudians have climbed throughout our history, successfully.
I believe that our response to this challenge will be no different for once Bermudians percei...
DATE: Sep 22, 2015
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Rolfe Commissiong
More than a year ago a former Premier of this country, Paula Cox, in an interview on Sherri Simmons’s show on Magic 102FM, conveyed her frustration in being unable to secure a job within our offshore Insurance sector.
Ms Cox, who was also a great su...
DATE: Sep 21, 2015
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For many weeks now, terrible images have circled the globe showing desperate people scrambling through ditches, barbed wire and making use of almost any type of floating craft to escape relentless brutality in war-torn areas.
Some have been pepper sp...
DATE: Sep 21, 2015
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Al Seymour
Whenever there is a spike in violent crimes, where helmets with tinted visors are utilised, the debate calling for the ban of tinted visors raises its head.
As far back as May of 2011, the then Minister of National Security, Wayne Perinchief JP, MP, ...
DATE: Sep 19, 2015
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Michael Weeks
“Virtually every industry in existence is likely to become less labour-intensive as new technology is assimilated into business models — and that transition could happen quite rapidly.” — Martin Ford (Rise of the Robots)
“White-collar service indus...
DATE: Sep 16, 2015
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Rolfe Commissiong
The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation team is constantly adapting its service offering to best serve the Island’s small- and medium-sized businesses.
Today, I want to highlight three of our new initiatives that have been put in place to bette...
DATE: Sep 12, 2015
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Dear Sir,
I suppose finance minister ET “Bob” Richards should be applauded for deciding, after all, to pay for the cost of the lawsuit against Jason Hayward.
But it doesn’t really matter who pays as long as the lawsuit proceeds.
The only important ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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You can tell how the Progressive Labour Party feels about St George’s by its totally unnecessary destruction of the St George’s hotel’s golf club, and the abandonment of the course to a gigantic crop of weeds.
That and, during all those years in po...
DATE: Sep 04, 2015
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CURB has long been an advocate for restorative justice and restorative practices, and we were delighted to see in The Royal Gazette on August 27 that senior magistrate Juan Wolffe is a strong supporter of restorative justice. Not only that, but it is...
DATE: Sep 03, 2015
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Labour Day on September 7 will probably be a day of festivities, hot dogs and cliché-driven speeches, and I cannot think that there is anything sinister about the refusal of the unions to invite politicians. Nothing wrong with that and let’s hope eve...
DATE: Sep 01, 2015
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