4154 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
March 20, 2011
Dear Sir,
Bermuda’s dollar assets are underpinned by the ‘struggling’ US dollar; in peril with a $14 trillion deficit. Yet a measured and sustainable financing regimen for the financially ‘strapped’ United States seems attainable to th...
DATE: Apr 01, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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March 3, 2011
Dear Sir,
There is a TV advertisement, being shown on a local station, in which Sheelagh Cooper solicits funding for the Coalition for the Protection of Children’s free breakfast programme for certain public schools.
In the advertisemen...
DATE: Mar 31, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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The Proverbial budget. It is so vital to good money management. It seems so easy to do. After all, what is there to know you earn, you spend, if there is something left, you save it. But as one person said: “ I don’t need help putting a budget plan t...
DATE: Mar 26, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Wrong time to charge tuition
March 10, 2011
Dear Sir,
There have been recent talks that the Government is to replace free tuition at the Bermuda College with “discounted prices”. During our current economic climate this is not the time to replace fre...
DATE: Mar 25, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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The “General” is back! Wendell Smith has officially taken over the coaching job at St. David’s for the 2011 cricket season. If history is anything to go by St.David’s are in for a treat. Smith’s professionalism and passion for the game will enhance S...
DATE: Mar 25, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
Last week's visit by the Earl and Countess of Wessex titillated many residents as they flocked to gain sight of two members of the British Royal Family. Awe-inspiring as they are for some, however, monarchies are an imperfect fit in our modern world ...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
Government got slammed last week for underestimating by $10 million the amount of money that would be required for financial assistance in the current financial year.
Estimating claims in a weakening economy is always going to be difficult. But the ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2011
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Editorials
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March 12, 2011
Dear Sir,
At this time in our society all Bermudians must make a decision as to how much of their heritage and their land they are willing to give up to others for short term gains but terrible long term losses. When and where do we ha...
DATE: Mar 16, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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March 3, 2011
Dear Editor,
It is with dismay that I read in the Gazette online of the govt. approval of the SDO at Tucker’s Point. Although I realise that Bermuda has major problems with the aftermath of the GFC, as it’s coyly termed here in Australi...
DATE: Mar 15, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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The chairmen of the Board of Education and their Ministers have not always seen eye to eye in recent years, so it was good to see current chairman Darren Johnston backing Minister Dame Jennifer Smith this week.
As Bermuda tries to improve public educ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2011
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Editorials
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