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A former premier who appointed the Bermuda Independence Commission in 2005 has asked young people to turn out for tomorrow night’s special forum on the topic.
Alex Scott, who served as premier from 2003 to 2006, said: “The political times here and in...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Last week, with encouragement from President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar would not be allowed to visit the country as planned because of their opposition to the I...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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We would like to endorse and commend the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda for its decision in the recently released first Bermuda integrated resource plan to reject liquefied natural gas as an option and for committing Bermuda’s electricity generation...
DATE: Aug 06, 2019
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Eleven days. That is the time it took from a Puerto Rican news organisation’s publication of nearly 900 pages of devastating documents to a governor’s forced resignation.
In between the two events were the furious protests of hundreds of thousands of...
DATE: Jul 29, 2019
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Margaret Sullivan
Progressive Labour Party leader Leonard Frederick Wade was a teacher turned lawyer, whose true calling was politics. An early member of the PLP, he served the party in many capacities before becoming its leader. He was Opposition leader for 11 years....
DATE: Jul 19, 2019
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A charter of rights for seniors is a “landmark achievement” for Bermuda, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt said: “Three overachieving themes drive the charter we have signed today — dignity, rights and responsibilities.
“As a society, we should...
DATE: Jul 11, 2019
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No order was given to use pepper spray on protesters outside the House of Assembly during a clash with police in 2016, the island’s senior policeman said last night.
And he denied an accusation that the gold commander at the incident had failed to an...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
“The truths of the Declaration of Independence are not limited by time or place,” John Quincy Adams wrote in 1839. “They belong to the nature of man in every age and every clime. They may be subdued, but they can never be suppressed. They are truths ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2019
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In a break with tradition, Donald Trump plans to assume a prominent role in the Independence Day celebration in Washington tomorrow. For months, Trump has promised a “major fireworks display, entertainment and an address by your favourite president, ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2019
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The Theatre Boycott began on June 15, 1959 as an adventure of civic engagement to fashion a better Bermuda. The island community entered uncharted waters, a historic journey that offers a treasure for present and future generations.
That bounty is fo...
DATE: Jun 27, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
