4229 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
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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Together for change
August 25, 2009
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We, the group BERMUDIANS, wish to say a heartfelt "Thank You" to everyone who supported us in our actions of June 16, 19 and 26, 2009. Due to the sheer magnitude of e-mails, telephone calls and comments,...
DATE: Sep 08, 2009
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Larry was a giant
August 28, 2009
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Your report in the August 27 Royal Gazette on the retirement of Larry Dennis as Auditor General was spot on. In a time when too many civil servants are drones, incompetent or just corrupt, Larry was a supe...
DATE: Sep 04, 2009
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"Thinking outside the box" is one of those bits of management jargon that has become so cliched that it is hard to take seriously.
But in floating the idea of changing the school year to a "year-round" school, that is exactly what the Ministry of Edu...
DATE: Sep 04, 2009
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The recent articles in The Royal Gazette focused around the occurrences of anti-social behaviour in Bermuda have been both timely and informative.
The comments by family campaigner Ms. Sheelagh Cooper should be considered deeply and reflected on as w...
DATE: Sep 03, 2009
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Bermuda is facing an uphill battle in trying to deal with serious attitude problems with some of our youth today, and any attempt to sugarcoat an issue that threatens our future could be dangerous.
If a survey was carried out on how parents view the ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2009
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Take $ out of drugs
August 27, 2009
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Today's Royal Gazette reported on an individual who had been spared a jail sentence for impaired driving …and causing severe injuries to another road user the morning of August 16, 2009 at 3 a.m.
The Jud...
DATE: Sep 02, 2009
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