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“Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom”
— Oprah Winfrey
Much has been said about the Government’s plans to reform education in our high schools. However, little, if anything, has been done.
For several years, the ...
DATE: Aug 25, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Victoria Cunningham
I do my PhD research in a shared office on campus and I very seldom see another face. And this is not good because the central task of an academic department is fostering a good research culture and stimulating interdisciplinary conversations.
The ot...
DATE: Aug 24, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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We cannot continually fail or young people. It’s unfair.
I have studied locally in both public and private schools, the Bermuda College, and in South America and Europe. I have been able to compare some of the world’s education systems to our own, an...
DATE: Aug 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Youth Connect
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Independent Submissions
“Where there is no vision, the people perish”
— Proverbs 29:18
Bermuda, what else needs to occur before David Burt’s leadership is declared an official national disaster? He has presided over blunders and failures that have cost the country a...
DATE: Aug 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
Dear Sir,
Five hundred and sixty-seven thousand dollars. This is the amount of taxpayer dollars the Minister of Finance has earmarked in last month’s $15 million economic relief package, for financial aid for every student enrolled in public school, ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2022
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
While judgment has been delivered on the Commission of Inquiry into Historical Land Losses, there are still aspects under consideration. Therefore, my comments will remain within the realm of public information.
Aside from the efforts made by the dec...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
In our 2017 election manifesto, the Progressive Labour Party promised to “increase accessibility to Bermuda College by providing financial support to students in need....”
We made this promise because we believe that Bermudians must have full access ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Owen Darrell
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday for a trip that had sparked earlier warnings from Beijing that China's military “won’t sit idly by” if the visit occurs. A day earlier, the White House urged China not to overreact to Pel...
DATE: Aug 04, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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Human behavioural science indicates that there are types of characters whose patterns of behaviour can be fit into a few different categories. Without being academic, we can observe some of these differences as occurring in our own life experiences.
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DATE: Aug 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
I experienced the telecommunications revolution first hand in Bermuda, working for the incumbent at the time when the local market deregulated from a duopoly in 1997. In preparation for competition, I recall a consultant’s comments during a workshop ...
DATE: Jul 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Raynor
