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There have been growing concerns among educators and employers, and within the wider community, about students emerging from school having achieved poor standards of literacy and numeracy. These concerns are justified. In an increasingly technical wo...

There have been growing concerns among educators and employers, and within the wider community, about students emerging from school having achieved poor standards of literacy and numeracy. These concerns are justified. In an increasingly technical wo...

Paediatrician clarifies August 23, 2002 Dear Sir, Please allow me to clarify some comments that were stated to be made by myself in today's Royal Gazette. First and foremost, the community should be abundantly reassured by how well the Health Departm...

August 14, 2002 Dear Sir, "IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD WITH THE LIGHTS OUT", This is BELCO's new motto you know, they sing it to all the poor people in Spanish Point West of North Shore, who sit without lights, fans, or fridges, in heat reaching ninety de...

WASHINGTON — So, what’s next?I’ve been wrestling with the question, in one form or another, ever since I decided that the end of this year would be the end of my 39 years as a newspaper columnist. For years, I’ve had two nightmare scenarios. In the f...

August 21, 2002 Dear Sir, We are in a "State of Emergency" concerning education! The public education system is in a dismal state where we have students leaving high school who cannot read nor write. These same students will then assume that they are...

A well paid thief August 17, 2002 Dear Sir, I saw in yesterday's Royal Gazette (August 16) a report that someone had been jailed for two and a half years for embezzling $400,000 from one of our local banks. I agree that a custodial sentence is approp...

A well paid thief August 17, 2002 Dear Sir, I saw in yesterday’s Royal Gazette (August 16) a report that someone had been jailed for two and a half years for embezzling $400,000 from one of our local banks. I agree that a custodial sentence is appro...

Putting children first August 10, 2002 Dear Sir, Having read the letter by "ducking stool" who suggested that children's interviews be video taped when the interview concerns accusations made either to protect, or as in many cases to abuse the child ...

WASHINGTON — Dorothy Rich has rescued me again. A recent column recounting an interview with Secretary of Education Rod Paige angered a number of teachers who thought Paige and I were accusing them of not caring about their students — at least not be...