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The following is an opinion piece submitted by Becky Ausenda, executive director of the Bermuda Education Network.
Coming to a school near you — independent inspection regimes?
It seemed like just another Town Hall meeting about education last Wednes...
DATE: Oct 15, 2013
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October 12th, 2013
Dear Sir,
I agree with many of the concerns of Jeremy Deacon in your ‘Letters to the Editor’ of October 12th concerning breaks for start-ups. It is not necessarily breaks that are required or looked for but basic fairness to allow ...
DATE: Oct 15, 2013
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Letters to the Editor
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2013 International Day of the Girl
Back in 2009-10, I spent a year embedded with the US military in southern Afghanistan. Something struck me right away: I rarely saw women, and on the few occasions I did, they were always covered from head to toe ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2013
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The stunning shut down of the United States Government in recent days, and the impact it had on life in America, and indeed in other parts of the world, captured the attention of just about everyone, since that nation is considered the power house of...
DATE: Oct 10, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Are you Prepared?
As I sat across the table and watched her eyes wander around the room, I thought to myself: “What is she thinking?”
As she turned towards me, her eyes stared right through me as though I was not there.
Sh...
DATE: Oct 09, 2013
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October 4, 2013
Dear Sir,
The new government is doing a good job of trying to get Bermuda back on its feet.
The premier and his team inherited an island in deep trouble. A country experiencing five successive years of economic decline, an increase in...
DATE: Oct 07, 2013
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Letters to the Editor
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October 1, 2013
Dear Sir,
I do not understand why Government has elected to give teachers unpaid leave throughout the year in order to cut costs and save money.
I cannot stress how important education is, especially in this day and age where there ar...
DATE: Oct 04, 2013
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Letters to the Editor
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It’s probably a good thing that the first time I’ve gone into combat as a soldier of the Regiment it’s against someone who’s probably never worn a uniform.
And — with any luck — Mr Larry Marshall Snr, of Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD), is a pacif...
DATE: Oct 02, 2013
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Letters to the Editor
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Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Bermuda has special rights over the exploration and use of the natural resources within our Exclusive Economic Zone …. our EEZ. This is essentially a circle around Bermuda with a 200 mile rad...
DATE: Sep 28, 2013
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In some countries almost every day there is an explosion resulting in bodies everywhere, and cries of anguish, mainly because certain groups are obsessed with a deep hatred for anyone who chooses to have a different view about peace, freedom and dign...
DATE: Sep 26, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
