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Employment is an important sphere being affected by Covid-19 with many legal implications to consider. It raises important constitutional questions such as whether the Government has the right to interfere with our right to work and when does a healt...
DATE: Mar 25, 2020
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Victoria Greening
Rand Paul just confirmed that he went about his daily business as a United States senator for a week while there was a possibility he had coronavirus. Turns out, he did test positive — meaning that Paul brought the virus right into the halls the US C...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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No, I am not afraid. I am absolutely terrified. The breakdown in the economy is frightening enough and when and how we come out of it is very much a daunting question. If our leaders are not hyperventilating yet, they should be.
We are a service-dep...
DATE: Mar 21, 2020
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Cheryl Packwood
Quarantine and lockdowns are sweeping across the world as countries seek to contain Covid-19 and save lives. Bermuda is now one of those, with the Bermuda Government recently announcing the confirmation of two cases of Covid-19. Inbound flights have ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2020
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Victoria Greening
There is not one of us who will escape the impact of the coronavirus — whether it is mentally, physically, emotionally or financially.
Businesses are closing, people are working from home, schools are closing, banks are offering economic relief. In ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2020
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Ben Smith
My love for Bermuda is the motivating factor in writing this, as I wish only to offer a humble suggestion as to how our leaders can mitigate the damage from the storm that awaits.
We are a resilient people. We have been blessed that Covid-19 hasn’t ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2020
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Husayn Symonds
My first thought was to write an analogy of the animals walking into the ark just before the biblical flood. However, I will use another more recent analogy of animals behaving in a peculiar way.
In December 2004, I recall hearing of wild animals hu...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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Vic Ball
The spread of coronavirus has created worldwide panic among governments and its citizens. Political views aside, opposing parties in countries all over Europe are coming together to intervene in the spread of Covid-19.
Bermuda has the opportunity to...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for allowing my letter to be published in your newspaper. I am writing in reference to the silence of the churches and Christians in the wake of the insensitive Tony Brannon comments on Facebook.
At the moment, he is off island, s...
DATE: Mar 14, 2020
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Dear Sir,
As a Bermudian residing in Italy, I feel the need to write to you all urging the Premier of Bermuda to take a very strong stance against the coronavirus, and pleading with him to close your borders now.
Stop all flights in and out of Bermud...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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