4154 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
October 17, 2012
Dear Sir,
Re: Black and white income widens?
I worry for the white Bermudians. They are lumped together with some of the most successful people on the planet just to score political points. Expatriate workers hold qualifications, ski...
DATE: Oct 19, 2012
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Letters to the Editor
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Many people under the age of 60 have a hard time understanding why older black folks are still bitter about the disadvantages, ill-treatment and unfair practices they suffered at the hands of a system that was designed to keep them oppressed, suppres...
DATE: Oct 19, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
October 13, 2012
Dear Sir,
Earlier today I had to drive to Tynes Bay from Warwick, then on to Gorhams in town along Middle/North Shore. As I have not done this drive for some eight months or more, I was shocked to see the very poor condition of the r...
DATE: Oct 18, 2012
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Letters to the Editor
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This week's report on educational attainment confirmed what was already known but bears constant repetition; education leads to better incomes.
The difference between a secondary school graduate's median salary ($55,367) and a person with a Bachelor'...
DATE: Oct 17, 2012
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Editorials
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Good governance produces good citizenship. All elected Governments should have as an overriding principle, the assurance and/or the promise to all of its citizens to provide good governance and a results-based approach to governing which includes:
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DATE: Oct 17, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Sir John Swan
October 10, 2012
Dear Sir,
Why is our Bermuda Government so big? Our government has become out of touch with the people. By this I mean both parties. Nowhere in our Bermuda Constitution does it say that the Government should be involved in many of th...
DATE: Oct 15, 2012
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Letters to the Editor
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This week my pet peeve is the phenomenon of managers and supervisors who are afraid to discipline people.
It is sometimes that they can’t be bothered to take the time to administer progressive discipline or perhaps they’re too close to the staff beca...
DATE: Oct 12, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
Children are a gift of the Lord. The Bible says that a person is blessed “whose quiver is full of them”. Sometimes when children are growing up it does not seem that they are such a blessing. Early on there are the feedings in the middle of the night...
DATE: Oct 09, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
Recently, a Government spokesman and Progressive Labour Party candidate said the One Bermuda Alliance “hasn’t told us how they are going to address Bermuda’s most vexing challenges”.
This statement is rich because the Government has not told the peop...
DATE: Oct 09, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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The One Bermuda Alliance still hasn’t told us how they are going to address Bermuda’s most vexing challenges. In a recent op-ed in The Royal Gazette, we hoped that they would begin providing those solutions. They didn’t.
That article didn’t talk abou...
DATE: Oct 02, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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