4153 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
The Cambridge Elementary School Checkpoint results provide valid reason for Bermudians to ask: why are so many of our young people struggling academically and are they being prepared for success?
This also begs the question as to whether adequate and...
DATE: Apr 18, 2016
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Other
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The late Sir John Sharp, a former Premier, would have been more than delighted over a programme aimed at developing leadership qualities being conducted by Francis Patton Elementary School, under the guidance of Garita Coddington, the principal.
The...
DATE: Apr 16, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
At last, it’s under way. The work of the Commission of Inquiry into the Auditor-General’s scathing reports on the Bermuda Government’s finances between 2010 and 2012 has started.
Expectations from the public will be high — and rightly so. The slipsho...
DATE: Apr 14, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Dear Sir,
Here is part four of my observations with some out-of-the-box ideas for consideration to help to address some of our self-inflicted wounds.
As a businessman looking to be part of the solution:
1, The Chamber of Commerce needs to help to exp...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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Nickelback is one of my favourite rock bands. A group of guys from Hanna, Alberta, Canada who have created a number of great hits. One of my favourites is Rock Star.
After listening to the tune I couldn’t help but think of central bankers. That’s ri...
DATE: Apr 11, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
The latest data dump leaks, the largest in history, were released this week by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
The Panama Papers, so called as the leaks came from a Panamanian law firm, implicated 140 very high-level polit...
DATE: Apr 09, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Generally speaking, you actually are what you eat. And if you eat a diet consistently high in sugar, processed food and saturated fat, you are more likely than not a diabetic-in-waiting.
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Bermuda, at once one of th...
DATE: Apr 09, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Editorials
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AUTHOR:
RG: In our Opinion
“Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t
Ain’t nothin’ changed for, me ‘cept the year it is
I think I have to send you a reminder, here it is”
— Jay Z
There are many in Bermuda and indeed worldwide who attempt to say that there is no disparity between the...
DATE: Apr 08, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
I’m sitting at the dining room table trying to write this while Belle plays opposite me.
She made edible slime at summer camp and I’m trying to talk her out of ingesting a large dose of Kool-Aid and Red 40.
She also has three pots of glitter, some w...
DATE: Apr 08, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
Dear Dr Nekia,
Why do women seem to age better than men, and outlive men? Also, why do married men live longer than single men? I mean, especially since I hear a lot of my married friends say, “Don’t get married mate, the stress kills you”.
Sincerely...
DATE: Apr 04, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nekia Walker
