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In 2014, when Bermuda was mooted as one of four venues for the 2017 America’s Cup, there cannot have been many neutral observers who seriously believed that this little Island, more than 600 miles off the Atlantic coast of the United States, would be...
DATE: Jan 13, 2015
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There has been a series of articles in the press this week highlighting concerns about the care provided to seniors. While I don’t agree with all of the information presented in the articles, I am sure that for the people involved, the events were te...
DATE: Jan 10, 2015
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The decision to move someone from their own home into a rest home or nursing home is one that should not be taken lightly.
Studies show that once a person enters a nursing home, their life expectancy is greatly reduced and this alone should prompt u...
DATE: Jan 09, 2015
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Being human is difficult. Becoming human is a lifelong process. To be truly human is a gift.
This observation by Abraham Heschel, a Rabbi who had escaped Nazi Germany and subsequently became one of Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s spiritual confidantes, sp...
DATE: Jan 08, 2015
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Glenn Fubler
I’d like to tell you a fascinating story about the birth of the America’s Cup Race in Britain in 1851. It was a dramatic, David and Goliath contest, pitting upstart American yachtsmen against their tradition-loving British counterparts.
It all began ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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I started to write about Bermuda and the stunning lack of diversity in our island’s boardrooms.
I started to write about how Bermuda has one of the highest percentages of people of African descent holding college and advanced degrees in the world.
I ...
DATE: Jan 05, 2015
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The life and work of veteran Royal Gazette cartoonist Peter Woolcock will be celebrated this afternoon at a memorial at St John’s Church, Pembroke.
The service begins at 2pm.
Mr Woolcock, who died earlier this month at the age of 89, was an Argentine...
DATE: Dec 31, 2014
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Here is a reflection on the December 18 “die in” outside City Hall. Organised by Mt Zion AME Church, with the help of other churches, it put a spotlight on the problem of gun and gang violence. This letter was written by Gina Spence Productions in Ch...
DATE: Dec 24, 2014
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“It is so important that the best, the brightest and the most sincere from all places within the political spectrum be encouraged to present what they have to offer. The party political process is destroying that potential and it is alienating so man...
DATE: Dec 20, 2014
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As all of Bermuda now knows, the next America’s Cup will be held here during the early summer of 2017. But the implications of that decision are being felt already.
My name is Peter Rusch and I work in communications for the America’s Cup. I’ve been ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2014
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