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This column will not render a verdict on whether the White House decision last week to suspend immigration from Nigeria, the world’s seventh most populous nation, and five other countries was mainly an expression of bigotry from an administration led...
DATE: Feb 06, 2020
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Justin Fox
Being a Puerto Rican has never been more exhausting. So, if you heard a loud cheer on Sunday night when Jennifer Lopez wowed the Super Bowl crowd by unveiling a Puerto Rican flag during what is likely to be the most watched television event of the ye...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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If we in Bermuda have a date with destiny, then it does not look too promising now. But it does not have to be that way! There are many external forces that we can do nothing about; however, many of our most festering wounds such as economic and immi...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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Sir John Swan
So far the sugar tax is nothing more than a tax grab by the Progressive Labour Party.
In Parliament on Friday, I asked questions of the finance minister, Curtis Dickinson, in regards to the amount raised since the inception of sugar tax on October 1,...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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Michael Dunkley
After Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, died, ESPN SportsCenter anchor Elle Duncan recalled Bryant’s pride in being the father of daughters. She recounted an exchange that culminated in his telling her, “I would have five more girls i...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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In the first cartoon Elizabeth Montague published in The New Yorker, two black women stand on a rooftop that overlooks a darkened cityscape.
Above them, a Batman-inspired spotlight beams a message into the night sky: Per my last e-mail.
Beneath them,...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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Theresa Vargas
Tourism is one of the fastest-growing sectors globally. In Bermuda, the total direct, indirect and induced economic impact of the tourism sector has increased by 34 per cent from $583 million in 2014 to $886 million in 2018, according to the Tourism ...
DATE: Jan 30, 2020
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On January 23, the International Court of Justice issued a unanimous ruling that ordered Myanmar to “take all measures within its power” to protect its ethnic minority Rohingya population from genocide. The case — against which Myanmar’s civilian lea...
DATE: Jan 30, 2020
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As the British Government’s Ministers of State responsible for our Overseas Territories, a priority for us, and for the entire government, has been to work closely with territory leaders to identify the opportunities and concerns in each Overseas Ter...
DATE: Jan 30, 2020
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A number of concerns in Bermuda have risen recently about abuse on the increase while the root causes go unaddressed.
According to empirical research, these mores of conflict are usually caused by divorce/separation in most cases, with no allegations...
DATE: Jan 29, 2020
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