516 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Letters to the Editor"
January 5, 2013
Dear Sir
For the record, I’m white, I do not smoke or use illegal drugs but for close to 20 years I have argued with family and friends about the need to decriminalise drugs. Recent blogs have discussed legally growing cannabis in Ber...
DATE: Jan 07, 2013
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January 4, 2013
Dear Sir
Open Letter to the Minister for Education.
By now you have heard of education in Finland. There is little homework, few grades, long recesses, lots of free time and the teachers are paid like lawyers. The children get first o...
DATE: Jan 07, 2013
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December 31, 2012
Dear Sir
I was disappointed, but on reflection not surprised, to read in today’s Royal Gazette Eva Hodgson’s op-ed on Marc Bean’s stated approach to the racial divide in Bermuda.
My disappointment stems from the belief that unless ...
DATE: Jan 02, 2013
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December 22, 2012
Dear Sir,
Here are a few thoughts of mine that I would like to impart to your readers.
When I write, I believe in calling a spade a spade and try to be as truthful to myself and to those reading as I possibly can. We live in a very ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2012
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December 18, 2012
Dear Sir,
The Progressive Labour Party would’ve won if either Wayne Perinchief or Michael Weeks had been Premier. Why is that? Wayne Perinchief was right about the crime issue although he probably wouldn’t have been able to diminish...
DATE: Dec 28, 2012
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December 8, 2012
Dear Sir,
The writing of social history is incredibly difficult as it is all encompassing. Deciding what to include and what to exclude can become a historian’s nightmare. The history of Bermuda has a second major issue. Few qualifie...
DATE: Dec 19, 2012
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December 11, 2012
Dear Sir,
The PLP appears to support keeping term limits on work permits granted to foreign workers and the OBA has said it will suspend this policy.
I support term limits, but do not agree how they are administered. For occupation...
DATE: Dec 15, 2012
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December 8, 2012
Dear Sir,
Please allow me space to address a comment made by a Progressive Labour Party Minister during a news broadcast recently proposing changes that will be made if the PLP is re-elected. During his speech he said that the One Be...
DATE: Dec 15, 2012
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December 6, 2012
Dear Sir,
I was stunned and disappointed to read in today’s edition of The Royal Gazette that Vincent Ingham, when referring to employers and business in Bermuda, stated “they have no social conscience and they are acting for their o...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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December 5, 2012
Dear Sir,
I had the distinct pleasure of being entertained by the Bermuda School of Music Steel Pan Band on Sunday evening while attending the Goodwill Golf Tournament’s Opening Cocktail Party. I will declare my bias immediately: I l...
DATE: Dec 07, 2012
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