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This is an opinion piece submitted by Myron Piper, chairman and founder of the Bermuda Educational Parents Association on education reform in the public schools system.
"All students must be taught the same things" Bermuda Sun editorial February 29, ...
DATE: Mar 25, 2008
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Grammatically incorrect
March 18, 2008
Dear Sir,
If the statement attributed to Sen. David Burch in today's Royal Gazette is correct, namely, "I don't need no legislation to make me truthful", then by his own admission and his double negative he cer...
DATE: Mar 20, 2008
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Bermuda's young people often get short shrift, but some recent stories in The Royal Gazette suggest that all is far from lost.
Last week, we reported on Bermuda High School's victory in the Schools Debate Competition in which its team emerged victori...
DATE: Mar 18, 2008
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Support for casinos
March 6, 2008
Dear Sir,
This letter is in full support of Llewellyn Peniston's views on casinos in Bermuda. It is time we came into the twenty first century and realised the enormous popularity of casinos in tourism today. Surveys...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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The time has come to condemn and discard bad habits and counter-productive practices in the House of Assembly. It's also time that we let the people in on how their Legislature is working for them – or not, as the case may be.
We have just concluded ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2008
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Several Members of Parliament finished the marathon Budget debate on Monday night by indulging in a feeding frenzy over a column written by this newspaper's Sports Editor last week.
Members from both sides of the House, in a rare show of unanimity, t...
DATE: Mar 12, 2008
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Butterfield has class!
February 28, 2008
Dear Sir,
I write today to express my appreciation and gratitude to Jim Butterfield; a man not only large in stature but also in character — he has class! The cement business that he worked so hard to keep was...
DATE: Mar 07, 2008
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WASHINGTON — How weird is this presidential election? So weird that I'm about to give a nod of appreciation (of sorts) to Geraldo Rivera, of all people — and also to, gulp, Fox News.
On "Fox and Friends" last week, the mustachioed infotainer gave his...
DATE: Mar 01, 2008
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Defending Jack Tucker
February 24, 2008
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With the terrible election thankfully over one wonders at the need for further commentaries to further polarise and divide with the usual "white supremacy" accusations etc. except possibly with the pr...
DATE: Mar 01, 2008
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"If we can get this attempt at family reform right,
the lost generation may be the last to go so astray"
Recently, numerous problem hot spots such as housing, education, environment, lack of police stations and officers, crime, drug abuse and taxes t...
DATE: Feb 27, 2008
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