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For all but the most introverted among us, humans are social beings, gathering together to talk, work, worship, dance, commune with nature, learn and, often, just enjoy being in one another’s company.
This communion of souls does not simply serve as...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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RG: In our Opinion
On Monday afternoon, Amherst College notified every student that they had one week to pack up and leave campus, with the expectation that they would not be back until next school year. Anyone who wanted to stay could fill out a petition, but there wa...
DATE: Mar 12, 2020
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For too long politics has played too big a role in education, a situation that must change if our youth are to achieve their potential and reach the educational heights needed in today’s world.
With that in mind, it is now clear that we desperately n...
DATE: Mar 07, 2020
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In celebration of International Women’s Day on Sunday, we summarise the accomplishments of five women who helped make a difference to Bermuda in the 20th century.
Adele Tucker was born in 1868 in Warwick and became a teacher after training at the Col...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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Dear Sir,
On the afternoon of Friday, January 31, I met one of Bermuda’s best ambassadors. While on the No 8 bus to Dockyard, the bus stopped for a lady passenger to exit at the stop by the Bermuda Institute.
A Bermuda Institute student helped the l...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Sir,
I would like to submit a poem, which gives the perspective of the TN Tatem Middle School building after the decision to permanently close it as a school premises.
The End
To you I’m just a building
Just some walls with mould infested ceil...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Dear Sir,
When I hear of people claiming they can’t find a job, what type of work are they looking for?
If I had a school-aged son or daughter I would tell them, by all means get an education, as much as you can.
But somewhere ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2020
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Letters to the Editor
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Bermuda’s history has been inextricably tied to its economy. With no natural resources and situated 700 miles from the nearest land, its people have always known that economic growth is not just desirable — it is a matter of survival.
From early effo...
DATE: Feb 25, 2020
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Editorials
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AUTHOR:
RG: In our Opinion
Dear Sir,
I read with considerable interest the contribution from Peter Everson and Robert Stewart in The Royal Gazette of February 18, 2020 regarding the need to fix our education system.
They are right, but they seem to be missing vital parts of t...
DATE: Feb 24, 2020
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
Curtis Dickinson cannot have upset too many people with his Budget yesterday, given that most of us are concerned mainly with how any changes will affect our own immediate financial wellbeing.
That may well have been the political aim of the exercis...
DATE: Feb 22, 2020
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Editorials
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AUTHOR:
RG: In our Opinion