OPINION
Managers need the right skill set to motivate people
Shawnette Somner: Managing people has got to be one of the most difficult and challenging jobs on the face of the earth.
Ambush in the night?
Christopher Famous: Bermuda, I write to you today to forewarn you of the second coming of Bermuda INC. The government of the day is slowly marching our island into becoming a corporate town owned and operated by non-Bermudians with the aid and assistance of a few select Bermudians.
Portuguese community deserves recognition
Christopher Famous: Often we get bogged down in the never ending Black vs White discussions and arguments.
The big ugly facts of debt spending
Larry Burchall: Sometimes ordinary citizens just need to grab some honest public domain numbers and do some middle school arithmetic.
Government, this is your chance to revolutionize the taxi industry
Derek L Young: Now that we are in the early stages of the high tourist season it gives us, the taxi drivers, a chance to make a little bit of revenue, after what we would describe as the worse off-season in the history of the taxi industry.
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I loved being around fellow Bermudians in Atlanta
Shawnette Somner: Today ends Heritage Month – the one month of the year when we are supposed to reflect upon and express our pride about being Bermudian.
It was nice to be among islanders in Massachusetts
Christopher Famous: I did not feel out of place, as it appears, with the large number of Bermudians I ran into, that Burlington Mass is actually the tenth parish of Bermuda.
Explained: how hundreds of civil servants get pay hikes
Larry Burchall: The recently announced promotion of a Civil Servant in the Department of Planning reminded me of a little secret, rather like a family's 'funny uncle'.
Bermuda Day brings out the best in us
Christopher Famous: Once again we came together as a country on Bermuda Day to celebrate our uniqueness and commonality.
Heritage Wharf repairs broke a 50-year tradition
A Bermuda Sun article about the use of ungalvanized rebar at Heritage Wharf caught the attention of the International Zinc Association, based in Brussels.
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Burton's Banter: From exhaustion to elation, why Derby is a champion race
James Burton reflects on the May 24 Appleby Bermuda Half-Marathon Derby, from the pain to the satisfaction and why the vociferous crowd will live long in the memory.
Capri sets enviable standard of island hospitality
Darlene McCarthy Barnfield compares Bermuda to Capri, a "beautiful small island with a tourist season that spans from late Spring to early Fall".
Politicians should keep their hands off business
Bob Stewart: One of the many differences between the Bermuda of today and that of the 1980s and the 1990s are the current frequent references to government leading the economy into a promised land of economic growth, full employment and new jobs.
Best way to thwart privatization is to work smarter
Christopher Famous: For many, the SAGE Commission is seen as merely a vehicle by which the OBA can carry out its true intention of privatization, for the benefit of its supporters' businesses. So let's look under the SAGE hood.
Ignoring the elephant for the mosquito
With the Norwegian Breakaway coming in and people fussing about the timing of a meeting of BIU members, Bermudians seem happily back at the business of buzzing about details.
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