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It takes only a few seconds to make history new again. Leaders around the world are talking up economic stimulus, channeling US President Barack Obama, who in turn is channeling Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Obama bases his confidence on an old story li...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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On February 22, 1922 pioneering environmentalist Louis L.A. Mowbray discovered a live cahow on Castle Island. However, the bird, long thought to be extinct, would not be "officially" rediscovered until 1951.
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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No one said Finance Minister Paula Cox was going to have an easy time of this year's Budget.
A weakening economy that was sure to lead to a drop in estimated tax revenues combined with increased demand for social services is a murderous combination f...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Ruining our reputation
February 18, 2009
Dear Sir,
I have just read about the recent insurance group which has chosen to redomicile, but not to Bermuda; the company has chosen Dublin.
The CEO was quoted as saying that Dublin was preferable to Bermuda...
DATE: Feb 20, 2009
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Today in Bermuda's history
In 1925, the dirigible (airship) Los Angeles dropped 200 pounds of "air mail" from aloft in Hamilton.
DATE: Feb 20, 2009
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This time of year always sees people compiling their wish lists for the Government Budget, which will be read in Parliament today.
This is something of an exercise in futility since decisions about what taxes will be raised or cut and how the money i...
DATE: Feb 20, 2009
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End the divisiveness
February 14, 2009
Dear Sir,
Dr. Ewart Brown, please stop "hitching your wagon" to the popularity and success of President Barack Obama. He believes in – and demonstrates – racial harmony, inclusion, consideration for the common c...
DATE: Feb 19, 2009
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An article in Tuesday's Royal Gazette incorrectly stated that BTEC, the Bermuda Technology Education Collaborative, had donated nine promethean boards to schools in Bermuda. The actual number is 20. We apologise for the error.
DATE: Feb 19, 2009
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In February, 1930, Bermuda's first radio station (TJW) began broadcasting from Thomas J. Wadson's shop in Hamilton.
DATE: Feb 19, 2009
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It's hard not to notice the coincidence that Premier Dr. Ewart Brown would launch a vigorous defence of his travel habits just one day after it was revealed that a giant American corporation had been given the Government travel contract, thus deprivi...
DATE: Feb 19, 2009
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