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It's a strange thing how the World Cup seems to dominate all other sporting events when it is going on.
Even more than the Olympic Games, this festival of football captures the world's attention.
Wimbledon, the US Open in golf, Test cricket and other...
DATE: Jul 06, 2010
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Nothing changes …
June 28, 2010
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I have just finished reading a book entitled "73 North" by Dudley Pope. It is a true story about the Arctic Convoys supplying Russia during the Second World War. It gives the story both from the British and ...
DATE: Jul 06, 2010
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A story in Friday's newspaper on trends in the Island's tourism industry, put on by RICS, stated that forum panellist David Dodwell, owner of The Reefs and 9 Beaches said the tourism industry was in a state of its world wide worse. Mr. Dodwell ac...
DATE: Jul 05, 2010
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Veteran World Cup observer Duncan Hall is reporting exclusively from South Africa for The Royal Gazette, but as well as watching the football, he has taken time out to explore. Here he reports from Cape Town.
Bermuda and cosmopolitan Cape Town have m...
DATE: Jul 05, 2010
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Tensions in Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's coalition, his falling popularity and clashes with the country's president and parliamentary head are dangerous signs the government may be headed to a crisis.
Most worrying for the fate of the g...
DATE: Jul 03, 2010
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JUST A THOUGHT: "When people are free to do as they please, they usually end up imitating each other." – Eric Hoffer
A clever reader wanted to know, Mr. Editor, if we had only the one rule governing behaviour in the House on the Hill. He wasn't tryin...
DATE: Jul 02, 2010
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A story in yesterday's newspaper on the opening to the public of the Public Accounts Committee stated that an early draft of proposed rules for the House of Assembly written by Dame Jennifer Smith and Opposition MP John Barritt would have kept parlia...
DATE: Jul 02, 2010
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Historically, Independence Day marks the day in 1776 when John Hancock, the President of the second Congress of the 13 original American colonies, signed a letter declaring the colonies' independence. It is the day when Americans celebrate our countr...
DATE: Jul 02, 2010
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Let's fix this odour
June 27, 2010
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For several years there has been a most foul odour continually emanating from the septic tanks on the upscale Belmont Estate. This is situated in the parking lot on Harbour Road opposite the ferry dock. Bo...
DATE: Jul 02, 2010
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The controversy over whether Premier Dr. Ewart Brown's mail brings two ideas into conflict. One is that no one is above the law, and public officials should expect (and may be obliged) to be treated the same as anyone else. This harks back to a Calvi...
DATE: Jul 02, 2010
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