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A good sound education, that’s usually everybody’s favourite answer for what it takes to get ahead in this world. I do not disagree. But an education goes beyond what students are taught within the four walls that are classrooms, and beyond what they...
DATE: Feb 08, 2014
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The news made my head spin too: Bermudians are better off now than they were ten years ago. The average income of a two-person home was reported to be $2,767.00 a week or $144,000.00 per year. I expect a lot of Bermudians were wondering just who thes...
DATE: Feb 07, 2014
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John Barritt
Feedback is terrific, folks, the good and the bad, the critical and the complimentary, and I thank those who take the time to write. From time to time, when space permits I will try to share with you some of the thoughts which my columns may have pro...
DATE: Feb 05, 2014
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There is no need for debate on conscription, we are told. The two parties are agreed. There will also be no referendum on gaming, and not because the two parties necessarily agree on gaming, but because the OBA Government believed the Opposition PLP ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2014
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John Barritt
Unruly and disruptive behaviour was back in the news again recently but, no, not in connection with the House on the Hill, members are still on recess, and for another three weeks, which will make it nine weeks in total. No, this time the headlines w...
DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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John Barritt
Trust is a small word with big implications. It cannot be manufactured. Nor can it be conjured up at will. Trust has to be earned. It is the critical ingredient in any good relationship and, you don’t need me to tell you, very few relationships survi...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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John Barritt
Much has already been written and said about my former colleague and good friend Mrs. Louise Jackson, all of it complimentary, all of it deserved, and today, on the eve of her funeral, I want to begin the column with my own special tribute.
Louise wa...
DATE: Jan 10, 2014
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John Barritt
This column is for all those readers who think I am too darn serious, too darn often. I know, I know, I can be: just not this week, for a change.
Instead I give you my idea of a fun way to see off the old year and to usher in the new, as well as a ch...
DATE: Jan 03, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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John Barritt
I don’t know whether you know, but there is a committee of the Legislature that has been meeting secretly on the Hill, doing some pretty important work. I know because I was called to appear before the committee recently. They wanted to grill me abou...
DATE: Dec 27, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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John Barritt
Betcha didn’t see that coming, did you? I know I didn’t. Mind you, neither was I aware that the Opposition PLP were apparently plotting to undermine the referendum. I had not heard a peep until the Premier claimed a plot was afoot, and quite how that...
DATE: Dec 20, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt