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A furore has arisen over the decision to place a temporary executive principal at Prospect Primary School.
This has occurred because the Ministry of Education has become concerned about underperformance at the school and test scores have shown interv...
DATE: Jan 10, 2012
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Last week’s Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics did not reveal much that was already known about the economy but the statistics demonstrated that in the third quarter of 2011, the recession deepened substantially.
There was some good news. Tourism edge...
DATE: Jan 09, 2012
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Yesterday’s editorial on the controversy over the Auditor General incorrectly stated that the audited financial statements for 2008-9 and 2009-10 had not been made public. In fact the statements have been made public; the Reports of the Auditor Gener...
DATE: Jan 06, 2012
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Many of Government’s submissions to the UK on Bermuda’s future Overseas Territory status are sensible. Some are prime examples of wishful thinking.
The submissions are being made as Britain and the OTs review their relationship for the first time si...
DATE: Jan 06, 2012
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This editorial has been corrected.
Premier Paula Cox has rightly said she wants to improve levels of transparency in Government.
This is not only the right thing to do on its own merits, but is badly needed for her Government after the previous admi...
DATE: Jan 05, 2012
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Few people will have been sorry to see the back of 2011, a year in which the Bermuda economy continued to decline and the spectre of serious crime still hung over the Island.
So it is better to look forward rather than backwards, although it is to be...
DATE: Jan 04, 2012
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Earlier this month, countries from around the world agree the “Durban platform”, designed to lead to cuts in carbon emissions and therefore reduce the effects of climate change.
That agreement did not get a great deal of attention, perhaps because th...
DATE: Dec 30, 2011
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Many people, especially whites, will be tempted to dismiss National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief’s comments that if 16 young white men had been killed as a result of gun violence then the UK government would have intervened.
And on the face of ...
DATE: Dec 28, 2011
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It’s something of a tradition for the media to report hard luck stories at Christmas.
This has always been somewhat flawed, because people suffer and struggle all year round, and often don’t get the attention they need except at Christmas time.
Par...
DATE: Dec 24, 2011
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It’s an unfortunate fact of life that two shooting incidents in about as many weeks, as well as a number of other armed incidents, have raised fears about the possibility of violence over the holiday season.
This newspaper appeals to all not to allo...
DATE: Dec 23, 2011
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