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The continuing saga of journalist and transparency activist Julian Assange took a dangerous turn yesterday. Ecuador’s president, Lenin Moreno, revoked his asylum in that country’s London embassy. British police immediately arrested him, supposedly pu...
DATE: Apr 12, 2019
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Thomas L. Knapp
It is interesting that the same One Bermuda Alliance that had four education ministers in five years, slashed scholarships and educational opportunities for Bermudians and, on the issue of school mould at TN Tatem, referred to teachers as “mischievou...
DATE: Apr 12, 2019
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Michael Weeks
Since our last report in late January on the Ascendant developments, its inflated stock price, its lack of interest in including renewable energy in the Integrated Resource Plan, many new developments have occurred.
Our principal concern is that em...
DATE: Apr 11, 2019
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The issue of mould has come to a head at TN Tatem Middle School because it has not been adequately and effectively addressed by the education ministry or public works ministry.
We have tests after tests performed by the Government’s health and safety...
DATE: Apr 11, 2019
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Cole Simons
I sat on the plane fighting back tears, looking down at my phone as the text messages I missed while in the air were finally delivered. Then I looked down at the Eritrean baseball jersey I was wearing — in complete disbelief.
Nipsey Hussle had died.
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DATE: Apr 09, 2019
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“The ultimate tragedy is not the
oppression and cruelty by the bad
people, but the silence over that by
the good people”
— Martin Luther King Jr
Recently I have been asked: “Why are you attacking black leadership?” The reason why I am asked this...
DATE: Apr 09, 2019
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, symbolising the collapse of Europe’s communist regimes and the end of the Cold War. For many, this moment represented the victory of freedom, the spread of liberal democracy and mor...
DATE: Apr 08, 2019
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In state after state, the Catholic Church has fought a rearguard action to shield itself from lawsuits by adults abused as children at the hands of priests who were protected from repercussions by the church hierarchy over the course of decades. That...
DATE: Apr 08, 2019
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The Washington Post
Renée and Reggie once had good jobs until a bike accident on Middle Road left them with severe injuries and unable to work. Unable to qualify for financial assistance, the couple relied on family members, friends and the community to help to pay thei...
DATE: Apr 06, 2019
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Bermuda’s retail business needs a fix. Last month, the Government released retail statistics to the end of 2018. It showed ten successive months of decline, with sales values now reaching a low not seen since 2016. This is a serious concern: declinin...
DATE: Apr 04, 2019
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