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The late John Stubbs is best known today for being the name behind the “Stubbs Bill”, which decriminalised anal sex, or sodomy, in Bermuda. But as a parliamentarian of long standing, he was also a great student of politics and political behaviour. On...
DATE: Nov 20, 2019
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Representatives from 31 countries, including Bermuda, talked about supporting the health of more than 700 million of their people. The representatives grappled with defining a common purpose of healthcare, and having the difficult conversations about...
DATE: Nov 19, 2019
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Dear Sir,
Tucked away on Page 9 of The Royal Gazette of November 12 is the bad news for young Bermudians up to Primary 6 level; that, under the Cambridge Checkpoint system, they achieved in mathematics a score of 1.9 out of a potential 6.
A disgra...
DATE: Nov 18, 2019
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
On June 20 and 21, all middle schools received acceptance letters outlining how many students were to be expected for the 2019-20 school year. Acceptance letters were distributed to allow schools to plan at the site level, order resources and establi...
DATE: Nov 14, 2019
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Bermuda is now well on the road to recovery from Hurricane Humberto, and it is impossible to ignore the reality that it is the fourth serious hurricane to have done damage to our island in the past five years.
Hurricanes Fay and Gonzalo hit in 2015 ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2019
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
Political leaders around in the world, especially in jurisdictions operating under democratic principles, too often are heavily involved with racial, ethnic, religious or political divisiveness, on a scale that overshadows efforts to do what is best ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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Al Seymour
The Ministry of Education needs to urgently deal with the teaching conditions at Dellwood School, caused by a poorly planned merger with TN Tatem.
The teachers at Dellwood School are continuing their work-to-rule and continue to feel stress caused by...
DATE: Nov 08, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Cole Simons
Letters to the Editor
Dear Sir,
Public education in Bermuda has been the subject of much criticism over the past several decades and it is no secret that most of us, who are on the outside looking in, will say it has been failing many students and de...
DATE: Nov 08, 2019
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Letters to the Editor
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On October 29, a diverse group of 15 members of the Planning Team gathered at the Department of Workforce Development. This collaborative group, under honorary co-chairmen Joan Dillas-Wright and Dennis Lister, were continuing a process that emerged o...
DATE: Nov 07, 2019
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Dear Sir,
Even under better economic circumstances, the continuance of the people’s business, concurrent regular-performance reporting of same and the plan for the next 12 months needs personal broadcast by the Premier to the entire tax base, as that...
DATE: Nov 05, 2019
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor