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The issues of human rights, civil rights and values for positive living have been challenges for centuries. Throughout the ages, millions have perished in conflicts fought for freedom, respect and civil order.
Whenever the subject of freedom arises...
DATE: Jun 13, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Bermuda has one of highest per capita gross domestic product* numbers in the world. It is a laudable achievement of Bermuda’s international financial reputation.
There is a downside to that statistic, however. We all know what it is — the cost of li...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Any discussion about the problems in American education — and what is to blame for these problems — will likely include one or all of the usual suspects: inadequate and unequal funding, a lack of resources, underpaid and overworked teachers, over-tes...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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The pandemic of obesity is a well-known phenomenon affecting the world population, but more so the Western Hemisphere, with Americans being among the heaviest people in the world.
This pandemic has occurred since the 1980s with increasing frequency,...
DATE: May 31, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Joe Yammine, MD
Dear Sir,
I just wish to comment on the passing of Colin Benbow.
Mr Benbow taught me history at Warwick Academy, and a finer history teacher you could not find.
He had the knack of making some of the most boring historical figures come alive.
He i...
DATE: May 31, 2016
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Letters to the Editor
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Dear Sir,
The May 21 Royal Gazette editorial titled “Graduating from eye for an eye” for the graduating students was in my opinion a good article. Like the more recent article on May 23, titled “Bermuda’s schools, we salute you”, it jumped all over t...
DATE: May 28, 2016
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Letters to the Editor
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The formation of a public education trust fund could be a way of creating the capital necessary for the reformation of the public education system. It would also save middle-class parents from expending $500,000 in private school fees for two childre...
DATE: May 27, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Cheryl Pooley
One thing you learn when you’ve been around the America’s Cup for as long as I have is that time passes quickly as the races approach.
Today we’re marking the milestone of having one year to go to the first races in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Q...
DATE: May 26, 2016
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Globally, a private school education is something that is generally afforded by the wealthy, the elite, expatriates or for religious reasons. The average percentage of the student population attending private schools in Britain is 7 per cent, Japan 7...
DATE: May 26, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Cheryl Pooley
National anxiety over the decline in middle-class living standards is driving this year’s presidential contest like no other issue.
Donald Trump promises a return of manufacturing jobs as the solution, but he misleads voters into thinking those jobs ...
DATE: May 25, 2016
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