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These are hard economic times; there is no doubt about it. Many, if not most Americans – and I trust more than a few Bermudians – are feeling the effects of the downturn in the global economy. But that does not mean we cannot give thanks for what we ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2008
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Having two presidents is starting to feel like having no president, and that's the situation we'll face until Inauguration Day. Heaven help us.
President Bush spent the weekend in Lima, Peru, at a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foru...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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The Progressive Labour Party has celebrated ten years in power this month, marking the decade since November 9, 1998 with a variety of events.
Any government anywhere that survives for a decade deserves credit; parties do not stay in power this long ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2008
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We are a 'tax haven'
November 17, 2008
Dear Sir,
In my view it is a travesty and just plain intellectual dishonesty for the Premier and others to continue to perpetuate the lie that Bermuda is not a tax haven. In fact Bermuda was amongst the very fir...
DATE: Nov 25, 2008
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President-elect Barack Obama has been quoted and has been used in illustrations many times during and since being elected as President of the United States.
Since his rise in America's political arena I have been intrigued by him, and his message of ...
DATE: Nov 25, 2008
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CORRECTION: An editing mistake led to the front page story on bankrupt lawyers in Saturday's edition of The Royal Gazette incorrectly being changed to contain the word practice throughout where it should have read practise.
A letter in yesterday's ne...
DATE: Nov 25, 2008
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No right to disrupt traffic
November 14, 2008
Dear Sir,
Janet Wingate's letter published November 12 under the heading "Stand up for openness", completely misses the main point of mine which appeared November 5. I have absolutely no objection to anyo...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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Philip Butterfield, the chief executive officer of Bank of Bermuda HSBC, has long been a role model for Bermudians.
Largely as a result of his own hard work, he has risen to the top of the Island's most important local financial institution, which is...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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Bermuda is facing enormous challenges in order to maintain economic stability that will prevent a slide into hard times as experienced during the war years, which saw many families managing to get by on a little cereal, vegetables, and a little meat ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2008
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"Democracy is the worst political system in the world except for all the rest," was a statement oft quoted by my professor of Politics 101 at Queens University, Canada.
At the time I couldn't appreciate the remarks of the professor since I entered Qu...
DATE: Nov 22, 2008
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