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I know you’re wondering what icebergs can possibly have to do with, well, anything. You’ll be surprised to find out, however, that although it is extremely unlikely that these isles will ever be graced by the presence of such a magnificent natural ph...
DATE: Mar 18, 2013
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Johnny Woolridge produced, with the help from many of Bermuda’s singing talent, the song ‘Proud to be Bermudian’ and every time it’s played I get chills up and down my spine.
It is such an uplifting piece and its ‘hook’ so harmonic that it makes me w...
DATE: Mar 11, 2013
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February 18, 2013
Dear Sir,
The election of the OBA Government has indeed ushered in historic and ironic change in Bermuda. In fact, it’s worth pointing out just what has changed since December 17, 2012. Here’s a potential list:
1. A crane and scaffo...
DATE: Mar 09, 2013
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Recently the tombstones at the historic Tucker’s Town grave site were destroyed, following the results of a radar survey to establish the locations of those buried there. This grave site was part of a substantial community of predominantly free black...
DATE: Mar 09, 2013
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On an Island where risk is the stock-in-trade of large companies, I offer up the following definition cautiously: Risk is the probability of something bad happening.
Risk is part of our everyday lives. In fact risk can, in a sense, be viewed as the ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2013
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The costs and benefits of Bermuda’s term limits policy are, like many things in life, a matter of perspective. If you are a blue-collar worker, you have likely seen expat workers come and go with minimal disruption to work flow. For example, if an ex...
DATE: Mar 03, 2013
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It has been five years now since the first great depression of the 21st Century, brought on by the internal contradictions of neoliberalism, and now we have the first OBA Budget. Crises represent both opportunities and dangers. The OBA Budget is simi...
DATE: Feb 26, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Starling
Readers weighed in yesterday to give their opinions on Bob Richards’ first Budget. Here is a selection of what they said.
‘This is laughable. If the PLP put out a budget that said we were going to borrow $333 million, the Chamber of Commerce would h...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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February 18, 2013
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The Progressive Labour Party’s current behaviour and pronouncements are bizarre indeed. No contrition for the 14 endless years during which they came close to sinking the good ship Bermuda? Apparently, no collective sense ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2013
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To clarify, the theme for this years’s Masterworks’ Charman Prize is called ‘Art in Bermuda; Bermuda in Art’. The Royal Gazette was given an unrevised copy of a press release and not privy to that detail before publication of an article in Thursday’s...
DATE: Feb 16, 2013
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