4153 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
As Somerset Trojans prepared to bow out of the Caribbean Club Championship in Haiti in late February, coach Kieshon Smith reopened a very stale can of worms. Not unimportant, mind, but stale all the same, for the lack of attention given to his concer...
DATE: Apr 04, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Editorials
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AUTHOR:
RG: In our Opinion
Dear Sir,
I note that the Bermuda Health Council is working to ensure that Bermudians get value for money with their healthcare and that they are approaching ten years of operation.
I just wonder how much the health council has cost the taxpayer over...
DATE: Apr 04, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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Already we have passed the first day of spring, April Fools’ Day and are headed into an early summer.
Last week’s article was a story about an island, the Acqua Isle, a small island with a small population trying to stay afloat in the sea of global ...
DATE: Apr 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
In recent years, the subject of crime in Bermuda has been discussed with mixed views as to what is motivating such activity. This continues to affect the tone of our society in relation to values that many years ago allowed Bermudians to leave window...
DATE: Apr 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
There has been a lot of propaganda surrounding the beleaguered introduction and subsequent withdrawal of the Bermuda Immigration and Protection Amendment Act 2016.
The mantra, which has revolved around the “Pathways to Status” campaign, has been that...
DATE: Mar 30, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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This weekend, the mainstream media was all in a tizzy because of Nick Kristof’s column arguing “that we in the media screwed up” on Donald Trump.
As someone who has “head-desked” himself repeatedly over Trump’s myriad failings as a possible president...
DATE: Mar 29, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Innovative, defiant and risk-taking, entrepreneurs are the rock stars of the business world. In Bermuda, the market disrupters are not always celebrated as entrepreneurs. It is time to change this narrative. We must not limit our focus to those marke...
DATE: Mar 29, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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This is the story of an island, the Acqua Isle. Idyllic in nature, hardy in purpose, the remote island has survived global forces of nature. It has existed as a comforting habitat for many hundreds of years.
Its people are a hardy, serious lot devot...
DATE: Mar 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Dear Sir,
There are two issues in which Bermudians are effectively uninterested: they are race and education.
If you ask them about race, they will tell you they like their race very much and don’t see a point in changing it. And there is little need...
DATE: Mar 24, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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This past weekend marked the end of Lent and the beginning of spring, a time of renewal. Lent commemorates Jesus spending 40 days in the wilderness: fasting, overcoming substantial temptations, accessing his higher self, emerging as the Christ — the ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler