4154 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
This is a response to an Editorial in The Royal Gazette on December 3.
1. Thanks for finally recognising that the adoption of the Cambridge Curriculum was the enactment of a recommendation contained in the ‘Hopkins Report’.
2. The hope “ … that mor...
DATE: Dec 10, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
I feel obligated to respond to PLP candidate Vince Ingham’s claim (at the Victor Scott Primary PLP meeting on December 5) that the business community in Bermuda ‘have no social conscience and they are acting for their own interests’. This is an irres...
DATE: Dec 10, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
December 5, 2012
Dear Sir,
I had the distinct pleasure of being entertained by the Bermuda School of Music Steel Pan Band on Sunday evening while attending the Goodwill Golf Tournament’s Opening Cocktail Party. I will declare my bias immediately: I l...
DATE: Dec 07, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
|
December 4, 2012
Dear Sir,
The topic of this “secret document” that involved the United Bermuda Party purposefully splitting and forming the Bermuda Democratic Alliance to then merge as the One Bermuda Alliance is now a growing topic leading up to th...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
|
This week, Nathan answers the questions we put to him about Bermuda’s fiscal situation and what can be done to improve it.
Just how serious is Bermuda’s public debt?
A major tipping point in regards to future solvency occurs when the average intere...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
One of the most important recommendations to be adopted out of the Hopkins Report on education was the implementation of an internationally recognised examination for Bermuda’s students.
Prior to this, public schools were limited to Bermuda exams, w...
DATE: Dec 03, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Editorials
|
Question sent to my inbox: “In your opinion, what is the OBA saying that the UBP has never said? Given that it is commonly accepted that Bermudians (similarly to the United States) are heavily influenced by race when deciding who to vote for, what is...
DATE: Nov 30, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
It is now less than a month away so if you celebrate Christmas, I really hope that you are much more organised that I am. Lots of festive fun coming up so let's get right down to it:
The Adult Services’ film selection at Bermuda National Library this...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
AUTHOR:
Nothing to do in Bermuda?
November 2, 2012
Dear Sir,
Some believe that the One Bermuda Alliance are a white pro-business party while other believe that the Progressive Labour Party are a black anti-business party. Neither view is correct and I believe that both parties want B...
DATE: Nov 27, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Letters to the Editor
|
Some years ago there was a film entitled ‘On the Beach’ which dealt with the aftermath of a nuclear encounter. One scene depicted a deserted street, with pieces of paper drifting about in a gentle breeze. What appeared to be a headline on a newspaper...
DATE: Nov 27, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
