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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith was right in one respect when she issued her statement on the school suspension policy last week.
If we teach our children anything, it is that we should abide by the rules and regulations that have been laid d...
DATE: May 17, 2011
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Although the formal dissolution of the United Bermuda Party won’t take place until Tuesday, the UBP effectively shut down this week, and did so not with a bang but a whimper.
In many ways, this is bittersweet, and it would be wrong not to acknowledg...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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A 2007 campaign promise, part of the great giveaway of the Progressive Labour Party platform in that year’s election, was broken yesterday.
The promise was free tuition for full-time Bermuda College students, the thinking being that no one should be ...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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Another weekend, another murder.
The shooting death, almost assassination style, of David Clarke on Sunday night is yet another sign that the violent crime which has afflicted Bermuda for the last 18 months is not over and may be entering a new phas...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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One poll does not make a politician’s career, and it doesn’t break it either.
But Premier Paula Cox and the Progressive Labour Party should be concerned about the rapid drop in popularity of both the Premier and the party in the latest polls from Min...
DATE: Apr 18, 2011
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Friday’s announcement that the Ross (Blackie) Talbot Charity Classic golf tournament will end after next year is very disappointing.
Clement Talbot, the driving force behind the charity event that was named for his music legend father, deserves enor...
DATE: Apr 11, 2011
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Government got slammed last week for underestimating by $10 million the amount of money that would be required for financial assistance in the current financial year.
Estimating claims in a weakening economy is always going to be difficult. But the ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2011
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The chairmen of the Board of Education and their Ministers have not always seen eye to eye in recent years, so it was good to see current chairman Darren Johnston backing Minister Dame Jennifer Smith this week.
As Bermuda tries to improve public educ...
DATE: Mar 11, 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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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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