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Withdrawing US forces from Syria is a grave strategic mistake. It will leave the American people and homeland less safe, embolden our enemies, and weaken important alliances. Sadly, the recently announced pullout risks repeating the Obama Administrat...
DATE: Oct 21, 2019
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Burning Man, the weeklong celebration in the badlands of Nevada that attracts nearly 75,000 attendees annually, concluded in early September. This year’s theme was “metamorphosis”, which was chosen to mark the next stage in the life of Burning Man af...
DATE: Oct 21, 2019
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As we see yet another local business closure make headlines, I am deeply concerned that the Government is still not heeding the warning signs.
The real problems ailing our economy are being ignored, and misguided “reforms” are repeatedly missing the...
DATE: Oct 19, 2019
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The cost of living remains a constant issue for Bermudians and the increase in fees and taxes imposed by the Progressive Labour Party have not made matters any easier.
Now we are seeing a proposed budget increase by an independent authority whose fe...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019
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Dwayne Robinson
Whether or not “broken windows” policing tactics actually work is one of those debates that will never really end, mainly because there are so many different understandings of what broken windows means.
“Whenever somebody mentions broken windows, the...
DATE: Oct 17, 2019
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Justin Fox
Healthcare cost in Bermuda is a significant concern. It is one of the largest single costs facing Bermuda’s working population and their employers. What is changing? Why is it changing? Why are costs going up when the Ministry of Health has been prom...
DATE: Oct 17, 2019
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It is just as well that big companies that process and facilitate payments have quit Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project, fearing a regulatory backlash.
If Facebook really wants to bring financial services to the “unbanked”, it should try doing i...
DATE: Oct 16, 2019
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It was a tough week for American companies doing business in China. Tiffany cancelled an advertising campaign because the model had a hand over her right eye, prompting critics in China to complain it looked like she was supporting pro-democracy prot...
DATE: Oct 15, 2019
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Donald Trump has greenlighted Turkey’s invasion of northeastern Syria in an attempt to remove Kurdish forces from a strip of Syrian land along the Turkish-Syrian border. This decision has prompted outrage and condemnation from politicians on both sid...
DATE: Oct 14, 2019
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The Progressive Labour Party government recently passed three Acts in the House and Senate that allow for increased investment in our Economic Empowerment Zones in Somerset, St George’s and North East Hamilton. The three Acts are the Economic Develop...
DATE: Oct 14, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
