4026 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
It may be that the Government’s plans to close half of the island’s primary schools are so popular and make such good sense that that is the reason there has been virtually no opposition to the announcement last month.
But that seems unlikely. But i...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Editorials
|
AUTHOR:
RG: In our Opinion
Fireboats shot glorious arcs of water as the remains of Officer George Gonzalez were driven across the Potomac River last Friday, on the way to the funeral home where the Pentagon police officer’s body would be prepared for burial.
Bike cops, patrol ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
AUTHOR:
Petula Dvorak
August 1 marked the anniversary of emancipation. Today, we reflect on the life of Bob Moses, a quiet hero of the American Civil Rights movement who died on July 25, aged 86.
Bob, an unpretentious soul, voluntarily confronted Mississippi terror alone...
DATE: Aug 09, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
Crime stories have been vying with Covid-19 headlines for attention in recent days, and that is bad news for Bermuda.
Two different shootings that left four people wounded on Court Street over the past eight days have been the most shocking incident...
DATE: Aug 06, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Editorials
|
AUTHOR:
RG: In our Opinion
On the eve of the holiday to commemorate our emancipation, the government of the day dipped its pen into the inkwell of callous arrogance and removed with one stroke 152 years of Black history. West End School in their minds should exist only in a mu...
DATE: Aug 02, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
AUTHOR:
Cecille Snaith-Simmons
The Olympics women's gymnastics tournament suggests that this is a sport coming to terms with its devastating recent history. Indeed, Simone Biles has been determined to make sure this is the case.
The superstar was assaulted by physician Larry Nassa...
DATE: Jul 31, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
Although much of the world remains in the grip of a pandemic that has crippled economies and altered lifestyles for millions, an even greater threat looms when democracy is threatened by the politically powerful in some countries in order to secure s...
DATE: Jul 31, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
It’s Cup Match time in Bermuda! After falling victim to the pandemic last year, our beloved two-day holiday is back, albeit with a difference. There is nothing like Cup Match anywhere else in the world. Having a cricket game played on two days of his...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
AUTHOR:
Malcolm Raynor
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Cartoon
|
AUTHOR:
Political Cartoons
Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, both billionaires, went into suborbital space, the first steps in privatising space travel — hearkening back to the days of the great adventures of the mid-century. Then, too, for those who understand history, Atlantic...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
|
AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
