4155 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
A brave, new Bermuda
September 7, 2008
Dear Sir
This PLP/BIU vote getting scheme to lower the number of hours worked in a week is generating some serious discussion. Some of your letter writers have asked whether overtime pay would just kick in earli...
DATE: Sep 12, 2008
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BOSTON — You gotta love this campaign. No sooner does the curtain come crashing down on one climactic moment than up it goes on another. The Democrats choose NoDrama Obama and the channel switches to Soap Opera McCain.
You want change? I'll show you ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2008
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A vindictive lecture
August 29, 2008
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In Phil Cracknell's Letter to the Editor, he simply asked for an explanation about the increase in the inflation rate and the associated spending by the present "My Party Is In Power" administration. LaV...
DATE: Sep 09, 2008
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We have a high standard
September 5, 2008
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We are writing to correct an incorrect statement made in the promotion for an upcoming event, the Mother-Baby International Film Festival, which stated that Bermuda has a high infant mortality rate....
DATE: Sep 08, 2008
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Attorney General Kim Wilson's announcement on Friday that Government is continuing to examine ways to hold parents liable for their children's misbehaviour shows one thing; that the idea has not been thrown out as unworkable from the start. In fleshi...
DATE: Sep 08, 2008
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The right to information, a human right first recognised by the United Nations in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is a right that plays a crucial role in ensuring that citizens are better informed about both the people they a...
DATE: Sep 06, 2008
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Customs humiliation
August 29, 2008
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On August 8, I arrived on US Airways for my annual visit with my family. I filled out the Customs form and declared $25 in gifts. I was directed to the customs inspection area, where I opened my suitcase....
DATE: Sep 04, 2008
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It could be very risky even to suggest anything is missing in our educational system, with so many experts from overseas and our top local brass constantly outlining various modern methods to monitor progress at all levels aimed at achieving better r...
DATE: Sep 04, 2008
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Time to catch up
August 23, 2008
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Since I have been in Bermuda I have noticed how tricky it is to get around if you are disabled or have young children who use strollers. When I first arrived a year and a half ago, I noticed that it would be...
DATE: Aug 27, 2008
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Thanks for the help
August 14, 2008
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I dashed into the Paget Pharmacy ATM last Friday to get coins to buy a hot dog — I do not know what my mistake was but a lovely young woman came running after me clutching $1,000.
I do not know her but wo...
DATE: Aug 23, 2008
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