4262 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
We have a high standard
September 5, 2008
Dear Sir,
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
Dear Sir,
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
Dear Sir,
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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Government's annual Jobs Survey for 2007 showed a number of trends continuing for the Bermuda economy.
Some of the news contained in Wednesday's report had already been well flagged. Finance Minister Paula Cox said in her February Budget that jobs gr...
DATE: Aug 22, 2008
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"To continue in the same direction demanding a different destination is delusional."
There is something inherently, horribly, awry when a parent buries their child. Are we not conditioned for this grief-stricken event to be reversed?
I am sadly quali...
DATE: Aug 20, 2008
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Something went wrong!
August 5, 2008
Dear Sir,
In a very informative article, a former Director of Tourism used the words "dying"and "survival". Those are very dramatic expressions, which, hopefully, will wake up the politicians.
Years ago, under Mr....
DATE: Aug 16, 2008
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