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“You can’t just tell the people one thing, and then you turn around and contradict the same thing, and turn us into clowns.” — Beres Hammond
On May 10, 2019, it was reported by The Royal Gazette that the Tawanna Wedderburn judicial review court docu...
DATE: May 28, 2019
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Vic Ball
Impeachment has jumped the shark. The episode that proves it is the one in which serious, informed politicians are wondering if Donald Trump actually wants to be impeached for political advantage and is trying to goad Democrats into obliging him.
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DATE: May 28, 2019
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Unable to deliver a Brexit deal acceptable to both the European Union and to her own Conservative Party, which dominates Parliament, Theresa May announced her resignation as Prime Minister of Britain on Friday.
She will leave behind a divided country...
DATE: May 27, 2019
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The Washington Post
The graduation caps have been thrown and summer bliss beckons. The SAT is nothing but a hazy, horrible memory, which is perhaps why the College Board chose this month to announce its latest tweak to the “test from hell”.
Last week, the board revealed...
DATE: May 27, 2019
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Just like that, she’s gone. Theresa May, the least successful British prime minister in living memory, has resigned.
So much agonising, so much plotting, so many secret plans to get rid of her over so many months have failed. But after a European par...
DATE: May 25, 2019
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Everyone has a theory about the impeachment of the President, but everyone cannot be right. Right now, though, Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — two people who don’t appear particularly fond of each other — seem to be in agreement that if...
DATE: May 25, 2019
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Paul Waldman
A very timely opinion written by Bill Jewell, a retired former senior engineering manager at Belco, appearing in the May 7 Royal Gazette clearly demonstrates in shocking clarity Belco’s disregard for even considering renewable energy alternatives in ...
DATE: May 23, 2019
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Bermuda has been removed from the European Union blacklist. This is a good thing, but before Bermudians celebrate or breathe too deep a sigh of relief, there are some important issues that remain outstanding.
About a month ago, I wrote an opinion-ed...
DATE: May 22, 2019
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Bob Richards
“The next Progressive Labour Party government will focus its efforts on attacking Bermuda’s cost-of-living problem. Our policies must reduce the cost of living across all areas, including healthcare, housing, food and electricity, to ensure that Berm...
DATE: May 22, 2019
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Vic Ball
This is the last in an eight-part series that takes an incisive look at the Bermuda economy, historically from our humble beginnings to the 21st century and the challenges faced by the Progressive Labour Party government
Of the 65,000 people living ...
DATE: May 21, 2019
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