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Bermuda College president Dr. Charles Green raised the latest alarm bell over the Island's education system this week when he said that half of the College's first-year intake were unprepared for tertiary education and needed remedial education.
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DATE: Mar 18, 2005
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Sometimes it seems that barely a day goes by without Bermuda's Press coming under fire from the Government.
Renee Webb, a big fan of blaming the media, once described Bermuda's Press as "vicious". Last year, Derrick Burgess memorably branded The Roya...
DATE: Mar 17, 2005
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Of the nearly two billion citizens of the Commonwealth, more than half are under the age of 25. That provides our association with a strong foundation for the future. Of course, we all face significant challenges. Some people live in conditions of co...
DATE: Mar 15, 2005
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Feeling flushed with rage
February 28, 2005
Dear Sir,
Please allow me space in your forum to express my total disgust with the bathroom policy at Leisure Time Video rental on Queen Street, Hamilton.
On Saturday February 26, 2005 at about 8 p.m. I we...
DATE: Mar 12, 2005
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Are we really safe?
February 22, 2005
Dear Sir,
My wife and I recently travelled to the USA on a Delta flight. International travel these days is not fun; especially after you have had to complete the necessary forms, identify yourself at the check-i...
DATE: Mar 12, 2005
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Last Friday's Motion to Adjourn was a particularly unpleasant display, even for Bermuda's Parliamentary "debates". The embarrassing scene began when the United Bermuda Party's Louise Jackson rose to turn up the pressure cooker that is the Bermuda Hou...
DATE: Mar 09, 2005
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On Friday, the United Bermuda Party responded to the Budget presented by Finance Minister Paula Cox JP MP. I wondered how the Opposition would attack a budget which, in my view, did all that a budget is supposed to do.
The 2005 budget is the financia...
DATE: Mar 02, 2005
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Today's column by William Raspberry raises a number of crucial points about education.
And while the column is directed at US schools, the same philosophy can and should be applied to Bermuda, especially as the Budget debate gets underway.
Finance Mi...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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Airport problems
February 17, 2005
Dear Sir,
Once again we are hearing excuses for the delays at the Airport in the Immigration/Customs Hall. From what I heard on the newscast this week, the arrival of three flights ? Air Canada, American Airlines an...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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Friday?s Budget was Finance Minister Paula Cox?s second, but the first for which she had full responsibility.
On the whole, there was very little to complain about in her Budget and quite a lot to praise. This was largely because the Government benef...
DATE: Feb 21, 2005
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