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We live in a world in which attention deficit disorder is not a syndrome limited to a few children, but is something that affects our whole society.
The sound bite and the catch-phrase have replaced real analysis and debate. If it can’t be said in a...
DATE: Feb 28, 2011
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When you want to trim $90 million from a $1 billion Budget, it’s a given that sacrifices have to be made across the board and all arms of Government have to be more efficient.
But it does not make sense to cut heavily into those parts of Government t...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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Former Premier Dr Ewart Brown pinpointed one of the most vexing problems for politicians when he said that people often say they want change, but rarely want to be the change.
Dr Brown was referring to education, where despite a broad consensus in fa...
DATE: Feb 21, 2011
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At the end of her Budget Statement, Premier Paula Cox turned a statement of John F Kennedy’s around when she quoted him saying that the time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
“What he didn’t say was that if you wait too long for it to st...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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Premier Paula Cox delivers her first Budget in her new joint role as leader of the Country and Finance Minister tomorrow.
In that sense, this is her opportunity to show what she can do when she is more than “a cog in the wheel” and to give a genuine ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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Just how the Progressive Labour Party government handles industrial strife has always been a critical question for the party.
Does its natural trust and history with the labour movement and trade unions reduce confrontation and enable good decisions...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox made the Government’s financial statements for the 2010 financial year public on Friday.
They make for dismal reading.
It is important to note that these financial statements are for the financial year ending o...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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Environment Minister Walter Roban’s decision to table the Special Development Order for Tucker’s Point for parliamentary debate is a praiseworthy decision which will help to prevent the recent abuse of SDOs.
His decision to pass legislation that will...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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After a respite of some six months, Bermuda recorded a murder on Friday with the shooting of 29-year-old Colford Ferguson.
Mr Ferguson has been described as coming from Warwick with a four-year-old daughter. What took him to Mangrove Bay in Somerset...
DATE: Feb 07, 2011
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The use of the first 100 Days of a new Government has become a fixture in political calendars.
It began with Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he became President of the United States in January, 1933 during the depths of the Great Depression. Within 10...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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