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It just doesn't cut it
June 26, 2008
Dear Sir,
First of all, I completely agree with economist Craig Simmons's analysis of the economy and the present PLP administration's approach to easing the burden on the poor. I too arrived at a poverty datum li...
DATE: Jun 28, 2008
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HAS a sense of national Bermudian identity been awakened as a result of the Bermuda national football squad's heroic efforts to qualify for the World Cup? We have seen this type of reaction before, when the whole country has grown excited and giddy a...
DATE: Jun 27, 2008
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The US Consulate is holding its annual July 4 celebrations tomorrow, with tickets sold out.
The Consulate is expecting the event to have over 7,000 guests with volunteers from over 60 of Bermuda's charities providing manpower to help it run smoothly....
DATE: Jun 27, 2008
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(Bloomberg) — Robert Mugabe began life as a shy, bookish boy whose deeply Catholic mother said he was bound for greatness after his two older brothers died and his father, a carpenter, abandoned the family.
Armed with steely self-discipline, Mugabe e...
DATE: Jun 25, 2008
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Governor Sir Richard Gonzey said yesterday in a speech to the Hamilton Rotary Club that he was happy with his level of involvement in politics on the Island.
"This is the only British Overseas Territory where the Governor does not sit in Cabinet and ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2008
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Yes, it really is a paradise, but somehow when you live in British Columbia, you tend to not even think about that tiny island — all 21 miles of it — lying out there in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Known well to east-coasters as a 'honeymoon isl...
DATE: Jun 24, 2008
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More than 200 people gathered to celebrate — with music, dancing and food — the 110th anniversary of the independence of the Philippines on Sunday.
The independence of the Pacific Ocean archipelago is marked on June 12, 1898 for the riddance of Spani...
DATE: Jun 17, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britons' expectations of future inflation surged to a record high of 4.3 percent in May, above market expectations and more than a percentage point above the actual rate, a survey by the Bank of England (BoE) showed yesterday.
The ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2008
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WHEN my American son-in-law expressed the opinion that Barack Obama was going to become the first black President of the United States in the aftermath of his opening round caucus victory Iowa, the full weight of history bore down on me. I expressed ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2008
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In 1969, Ewart Brown and Phil Perinchief stood shoulder to shoulder on the steps of City Hall, resisting Police attempts to move them on, as they called for Bermuda to change.
Forty years later the pair are poles apart, as Mr. Perinchief says his for...
DATE: Jun 13, 2008
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