4076 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
I would like to consider a counterintuitive method of achieving crime reduction and disruption to the cycle of offending behaviour in Bermuda. This is as a follow-up to recent concerns raised in The Royal Gazette between August 4 and 7 when the lack ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Victoria Greening
The retirement of veteran Opposition MP Trevor Moniz has forced a by-election in the constituency of Smith’s West. Former senator Vic Ball is running for the One Bermuda Alliance, while an announcement from the governing Progressive Labour Party is e...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
We are a few months into one of the most dramatic economic calamities the world has witnessed, one that has not been seen since the Great Depression many decades ago.
The entire world is fighting a battle to keep people safe from a disease that, whil...
DATE: Aug 11, 2020
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Dear Sir,
Many may know that Thomas Sowell is a highly respected American economist and social theorist who is a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.
He has just turned 90 and has written books and essays on the topics of educ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
The term holy grail is, at times, used to refer to an elusive object or goal.
I use it in the way that many winemakers do as they strive to make a fine wine from a most difficult grape to work with.
August 18 is designated as the day where we cele...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Michael Robinson
Post-Cup Match blues anyone?!
Who doesn’t love a four-day weekend? It’s so nice to have the extra days to unwind.
While I’m pretty sure that a four-day weekend would be a good long-term strategy for our mental health, it might not work the same for ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
David Burt and his government have been given a good deal of credit for their handling of the coronavirus crisis, and rightly so.
But Mr Burt faces a greater challenge now with the economy, and it’s one that his government was struggling with before...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
We have recently witnessed the departure of scores of expatriate workers returning to their homeland. More than 60 Portuguese nationals quit the island in a special repatriation flight because they had lost their jobs. Reports suggest many more are w...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Marcus Jones
In the recent Cabinet shuffle, David Burt took on responsibility for tourism, having already taken charge of economic development in an earlier round of appointments.
Doing so creates some risks for the Premier.
There is no doubt that these two por...
DATE: Jul 27, 2020
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Growing up in a home with physical abuse, emotional neglect, mental illness and substance misuse are some examples of Adverse Childhood Experiences, and are among those considered in the original Aces study by Felitti et al (1998).
However, it is imp...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Stephanie Guthman
