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The Women’s Resource Centre is not at all surprised by the recent conversational frenzy around recent comments made by national security minister Wayne Caines. This is what happens. There is an outcry around an incident and as soon as the dust settle...
DATE: Sep 13, 2018
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Reminded that “it takes a village ...”, the Back to School Gathering at the Bermuda College took place last Thursday to promote the tandem between families and schools to the benefit of our island’s children.
The gathering attracted upwards of 40 peo...
DATE: Sep 12, 2018
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Glenn Fubler
Colleges that have banned hard alcohol say the step has helped to combat some of the most pernicious effects of campus drinking.
They report less consumption, fewer alcohol-induced medical transports, hospitalisations and arrests, as well as a decrea...
DATE: Sep 11, 2018
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The Washington Post
Educators, they being parents or teachers, sometimes show more appreciation for children for what they do than for who they are.
They praise them when they get excellent grades from college and reproach them when they are low. However, we must value ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2018
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In the second article in a series on the arrival of the fintech industries in Bermuda, we will look at rise of fintech banks and their potential impact on the legacy banking industry.
What is fintech?
Fintech, or financial technology, is transformin...
DATE: Sep 01, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
The Royal Gazette has hosted a flurry of articles and propaganda pieces advocating a living, or minimum, wage of $18.23 for those whose salaries are inadequate for them to enjoy a reasonable standard of living in Bermuda. For those who are lowly paid...
DATE: Aug 30, 2018
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What legacy would you like to see our youth leave behind? Better said, what legacy should they want to leave behind for themselves?
I can almost hear the rumbling thoughts in the many adults’ minds who feel the youth today seemingly don’t have a pur...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Dear Sir,
Having become used to openness and transparency, while seeing listings of planning applications, government contracts awarded and the like in your esteemed paper, it has struck me that, at least with the latter list, nothing appears any mor...
DATE: Aug 25, 2018
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Letters to the Editor
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There is a continuous debate over education — and rightly so, as it is one of the biggest single issues facing Bermuda today.
That said, improving our education system should begin and end with the quality of teaching, and consistent and continuing ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2018
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Cole Simons
Marion Ida Seager De Jean (née Trott) was born on April 18, 1923, on Sound View Road, Sandys. She was the second child of parents Francis Edmund “Frank” Trott and Nellie Beryl Stowe Simons.
Marion was a loving mother and educator. Her passion about e...
DATE: Aug 22, 2018
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