4153 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion"
Like nearly all Americans of a certain age, I was told in school that tobacco, alcohol and marijuana are gateway drugs — and that is why marijuana should remain illegal.
First of all, even if you accept that these three substances are “gateways” to ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2020
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I first met Clinton Smith in the early 1960s as a fellow student at Berkeley Institute, where his mother, Hyacinth Smith, served as school secretary.
His team-mates from that 1966 championship PHC Juniors football squad remember how Clint would be i...
DATE: Jan 06, 2020
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Glenn Fubler
We know this much already: there will be an election next year. People will spend money, eat food, watch (and play) sports, use phone apps and play video games, and countries around the world will engage in diplomacy — and conflict. The details of al...
DATE: Dec 31, 2019
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On November 23, St James Church in Somerset was filled for the Celebration of the Life of the late Veronica Ross. The congregation heard aspects of how this loving mother, iconic educator and community exemplar was not only concerned about some, but ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2019
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Imagine a world where buying groceries worked like this:
Each month, you pay a certain amount into a fund, call it a food premium fund, to cover most of your grocery-buying expenses.
If you’re employed, you have to join with your work colleagues in ...
DATE: Dec 20, 2019
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
David Burt, Kim Wilson, Rolfe Commissiong and their sidekicks in the Progressive Labour Party have kicked off an intense interest with their proposals to create socialised medicine in Bermuda in 2020 despite the opposition of virtually all of the med...
DATE: Dec 18, 2019
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“How good and how pleasant it will be before God and man to see the unification of all Bermudians”
I read, with interest, Guilden Gilbert’s opinion of November 25, 2019 (“White Bermuda must change mindset to unite country”). The depiction of Bermuda...
DATE: Dec 16, 2019
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Vic Ball
What does every child who is brought into this world need and deserve?
Every child needs unconditional love and protection, provided by those who brought them into this world.
Parenting can be one of the most difficult but most rewarding responsibil...
DATE: Dec 12, 2019
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Debi Ray-Rivers
Dear Sir,
It was with some dismay I read the article published on November 28 with the headline “MWI refuses to admit mentally ill man”. While I cannot discuss individual patient details, I feel it is important that the community understands that any...
DATE: Dec 10, 2019
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
I am pleased to see the Minister of Education is considering an education authority. This is something the One Bermuda Alliance has suggested before and it was included in our Reply to the Throne Speech.
Education should be a bipartisan effort and I...
DATE: Dec 02, 2019
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