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Hector doesn’t know whether to be amused or irritated by Premier Alex Scott’s incessant habit of putting a treacly spin on his ruthless chopping and changing, as evidenced by the reshuffle caused by Education Minister Terry Lister’s hasty exit.
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DATE: Sep 08, 2006
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The following is the speech made by former student Stuart Hayward as keynote speaker at the Bermuda Technical Institute’s 50th Anniversary Banquet on Saturday at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel.
Mr. Chairman, BTI teachers, BTI Alumni and guests. This...
DATE: Sep 06, 2006
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Mr. Chairman, BTI teachers, BTI Alumni and guests. This is a peak experience for me. The boys who went to the Technical Institute were part of my social group during the most pivotal period in my entire life. To have that same group, now as Tech old ...
DATE: Sep 06, 2006
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The Education Ministry is today holding a mass meeting of everyone involved in education to ?catch the vision ?of an improved public education system. No one would dispute that improving education should be a top priority for the community.
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DATE: Sep 06, 2006
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The Island?s trade unions appear to have been given an early Labour Day present with Premier Alex Scott?s appointment of former Bermuda Industrial Union president Derrick Burgess as the new Home Affairs Minister. Mr. Burgess? appointment was the most...
DATE: Sep 03, 2006
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The Island’s trade unions appear to have been given an early Labour Day announcement with Premier Alex Scott’s appointment of former Bermuda Industrial Union president Derrick Burgess as the new Home Affairs Minister. Mr. Burgess’ appointment was the...
DATE: Sep 02, 2006
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Unquestioned commitmentDear Sir,I write in response to Mrs. Ann Dunstan’s letter of 7 August and to an earlier newspaper article on the subject of The Reading Clinic’s relationship with the Department of Corrections. My aim in writing to you is not t...
DATE: Aug 31, 2006
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The latest political buzz-word is “the Race Card”. This expression is widely used but it is unlikely that it is also widely understood. For that reason, I think many Bermudians believe that persons accused of “playing the race card” have somehow chea...
DATE: Aug 31, 2006
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It wasn’t exactly a charitable act on the scale of a Bill Gates or a Warren Buffett, but in the Bermuda context, Laurion Burchall’s decision to return the scholarship money he was given more than a decade ago was almost as significant.
The story of M...
DATE: Aug 31, 2006
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Use our noise lawsAugust 23, 2006
Dear Sir,I write in full support of Chick-of-the Village’s letter regarding noise pollution. Where are all the Police Officers? Are they blind and deaf? The Vancouver Police Force has recently equipped some of their ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2006
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