4155 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
Choises, not gangs
September 15, 2009
Dear Sir,
Please permit me to respond to an article a few weeks ago involving the supposed gang members here in Bermuda. I would like to address some of the things that were discussed in that, there were excuses ...
DATE: Sep 16, 2009
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Education, without a doubt, is a key factor in the building of good productive citizens who help to keep a community growing toward a better place.
Here in Bermuda, so much has changed over the last 50 years, especially in the field of education and ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2009
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Health care an essential
September 8, 2009
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On CNN today, (channel 17) there was a report that in Afghanistan the vast majority of the population (85 percent) is covered with some form of "Medical Care". This is a so called "Third World Coun...
DATE: Sep 12, 2009
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A few weeks ago a young white male pleaded guilty to using racist words against the Police. The words were terrible and inexcusable and I think virtually all Bermudians know this, even those whose minds remain clouded by racist thoughts.
I say that b...
DATE: Sep 11, 2009
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Eight years ago on this day many of us lost our collective innocence – Americans, British, Bermudians and citizens of many other countries lost loved ones.
The unbelievable, the unimaginable happened. Yet we survived and became even stronger in the p...
DATE: Sep 11, 2009
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The following opinion piece was submitted to The Royal Gazette
It was once highlighted that it was the single parent family that had a problem with their children — how quick that has changed. It is now like cancer — spreading out of control.
The onl...
DATE: Sep 10, 2009
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Crime rises, tourism falls
September 8, 2009
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There never seems to be a day that goes by without some serious crime occurring in Bermuda and the Police appealing for witnesses. The muggings and shootings are enough to make many potential tou...
DATE: Sep 10, 2009
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Some weeks ago, this newspaper praised the Ministry of Education for finally drawing the line on social promotion.
Twenty-four students were to repeat year three of middle school after failing to achieve 50 percent in a proficiency exam aimed at dete...
DATE: Sep 09, 2009
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Bermuda's Parliament, which holds onto its traditions like a drowning man clinging to a piece of bamboo, should take a small step into the 20th Century with support for a Hansard and a formal question time looking likely.
That's the good news, and it...
DATE: Sep 09, 2009
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Immigration tit for tat
September 2, 2009
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When the American Government does not allow a Bermudian into the US because they have a conviction for a small amount of cannabis, why should the Bermuda Government allow an American a work permit t...
DATE: Sep 09, 2009
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