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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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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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The beginning of another school year is an opportunity to support our children to become highly literate.
What does being highly literate mean in the 21st century and what might be 21st century literacy outcomes?
According to the National Assessment ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Darnell Wynn
All children have underdeveloped social filters, with Chloe being no exception. You may remember her very loud conversation about — how shall I put this — male anatomy, during a quiet moment in La Trattoria. This week’s gem was only marginally less e...
DATE: Sep 28, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
For several years now my pet peeve has been drivers who are at an intersection, see traffic coming at them, wait until the last minute then pull out. We talk about driving with care, caution and courtesy but this is simply UNSAFE and places oncoming ...
DATE: Sep 28, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
A few days ago, my One Bermuda Alliance colleague Senator Mike Fahy expressed reservations about the solar array that has been proposed for that little area of land at the LF Wade International Airport that juts out into Castle Harbour, called The Fi...
DATE: Sep 27, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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