4078 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
Dear Sir,
I am writing to highlight my experience on the maternity ward at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Little more than a year ago, I became a first-time mother to my baby boy. After a long labour, which resulted in an unplanned Caesarean sec...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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Cryptocurrency. I touched on this one word last week in which I warned of snake oil salesmen. For me I cringe every time I hear the word uttered.
Why? Because once you get past the slick marketing campaigns, the media hype and self-styled investment ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2018
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The decision of the Lower and Upper Houses of the Bermudian Parliament on June 22 and July 5, 2018 respectively, to end conscription, in my view, is a most retrograde and unfortunate step for the island, particularly for the black male and underprivi...
DATE: Jul 11, 2018
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Over the past few months, the Bermuda Government has been busy in its quest to build a third economic pillar to complement Bermuda’s re/insurance and tourism sectors. And the Government should be commended in its desire to diversify the economy.
The...
DATE: Jul 10, 2018
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In the first of a two-part commentary, economist Robert Stubbs examines inequality in Bermuda.
My recent column exposing our unenviable, internationally extreme degrees of income inequality and poverty in Bermuda, advocating for the adoption of a th...
DATE: Jul 04, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robert Stubbs
Dear Sir,
As a UK magistrate and a regular visitor, spending four to six weeks a year on this jewel of an island, I read with interest Paul Johnston’s article on the Government’s consideration to reduce the drink-drive alcohol limit from 80mgs to 50m...
DATE: Jul 02, 2018
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Letters to the Editor
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A great deal has changed in recent decades, in educating our young people to meet various challenges along the path of life. Most would agree that there have been major strides in technology and teaching techniques, designed to better equip students ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Recently, the Caribbean island of Grand Cayman served as the host for the 43rd Annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic region conference. The conference ran from June 16 to 23.
Nearly 100 delegates from almost...
DATE: Jun 29, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
While the One Bermuda Alliance welcomes initiatives to stop deaths and injury on our roads, it is imperative that the Government makes sure that necessary funding is released to ensure its new road safety campaign is effective.
The Minister of Transp...
DATE: Jun 28, 2018
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The South Carolina city of Charleston’s two-page apology for enslaving black people and terrorising and treating them as second-class citizens during Jim Crow, ought to be crumpled up and tossed into the trash.
Supporters have cheered the city counci...
DATE: Jun 26, 2018
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