186 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Editorials"
A hand-lettered sign was recently erected near the entrance to Hamilton, one both heartfelt and heartbreaking.
It was a plea to save Gilbert Institute after the release of an education ministry reorganisation plan that included the Paget Parish prim...
DATE: Mar 01, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
The 2015 Labour Force Survey released last month revealed that unemployment in Bermuda had dropped to 7 per cent. That was a cause of celebration for some, without going over the top, while others bemoaned that the “real” figures — the numbers behind...
DATE: Jan 25, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
Not one death on Bermuda’s roads is acceptable. And after a weekend when the country has buried one young man, while two fortunate others are recuperating in hospital, our leaders must continue to grapple with ways by which we can reach farther into ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2016
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RG: In our Opinion
Coming as it does less than a fortnight after Michael DeSilva outlined the way forward for the Bermuda Police Service over the next three years, yesterday’s release from the union whose mandate it is to safeguard the welfare of the officers who will ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
It is no secret that Bermuda is living with a huge public debt that continues to get bigger every year. The gravity of the situation for all Bermudians should not be underestimated. The Bermuda Government’s gross outstanding debt stands at $2.25 bill...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
Retirement should be a pleasant prospect, replete with relaxation after a hard few decades’ work, more time with loved ones, nice overseas trips and more time pursuing the pastimes we really enjoy. However, the idyllic vision of the “golden years” is...
DATE: Nov 26, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
It is with no little satisfaction and a sizeable helping of humility that we can now signal the death knell for dark-tinted helmet visors and their mirrored cousins that also conceal identity.
The campaign that we have waged since the MoneyShop robb...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
Justice was seen to be served this week when convicted killer Jaquii Pearman Desilva was sentenced to life imprisonment for the cold-blooded shooting of Prince Edness last year. Pearman Desilva will have lived most of his natural life by the time he ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
With the America’s Cup show in town, powerful brands are everywhere. Anyone watching the racing this weekend will encounter names such as Louis Vuitton, Land Rover, SoftBank, Emirates, BMW and Bremont. All global brands, words or phrases that carry a...
DATE: Oct 15, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion
Every generation likes to consider itself to be more intelligent, more capable and entirely more virtuous than the one which preceded it. And every generation likes to think it has either attained or is close to attaining the very pinnacle of human p...
DATE: Sep 24, 2015
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RG: In our Opinion