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When it comes to working together, Mr Acting Editor, you have to believe that if there is a will there is a way. Certainly it would seem that the stars are aligned for a change in the way our political parties do the country’s business. We have a new...
DATE: Jan 18, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
January 13, 2013
Dear Sir,
Mr acting Editor, is Bermuda going to be left behind from the rest of the world? Since many countries around the world and numerous US states have already implemented Shared Parenting for the betterment of their society and...
DATE: Jan 17, 2013
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Letters to the Editor
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As Bermuda prepares to begin a new chapter of its political life, at a time when dramatic changes are occurring around the world, collectively we need to be more mindful that change usually creates fear especially with those who feel their world, rig...
DATE: Jan 15, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
January 10, 2013
Dear Sir
I would like to publicly recognise the Bermuda National Debate Team who will be heading to Turkey later this month to participate in the Worlds School Debating Championships. This is the highest form of competition in the de...
DATE: Jan 12, 2013
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Letters to the Editor
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Bermuda needs an educated workforce. And it’s that time again for many students on the island. They are struggling with those interminable university application forms with the excruciating wait to see if they’ve been accepted at the right school.
I...
DATE: Jan 12, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
My frustration and disagreement with the ”union mentality“ I described previously is well documented, as is my desire to discourage persons having a ’welfare mentality‘. It is also my belief that the haves should help the have nots. But we have a res...
DATE: Jan 11, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
January 9, 2013
Dear Sir,
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to respond to an article which appeared recently in The Royal Gazette entitled, ‘Conscription must end, but not now’. First let me say that every now and then an article is written,...
DATE: Jan 10, 2013
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Letters to the Editor
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Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley in today’s paper says he supports doing away with conscription — music, no doubt, to the ears of many a young man in Bermuda.
But is it the right time to go down that route? Question: What are some of the major ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Editorials
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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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Letters to the Editor
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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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CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
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