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Parents want their children to read well and independently for enjoyment. Research has shown that children who read generously develop more expansive vocabularies and achieve higher levels of reading and writing development. Reading daily at home is ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Darnell Wynn
“Every year I talk to the executives of a thousand companies, and I can't avoid hearing from the various gold bugs, interest rate disciples, Federal Reserve watchers, and fiscal mystics quoted in the newspapers. Thousands of experts study overbought ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
As the new year unfolds with heightened anxiety and anticipation over a general election and what it could mean for Bermuda’s future, there remains an undercurrent of community concern that political game-playing will override the needs of the Bermud...
DATE: Jan 09, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
So, the holidays are over and we are rapidly settling into an angler’s winter of discontent. The days are grey, there are winds that seem almost endless and the sea is all churned up. The overcast is not limited to the sky and horizon but it has rapi...
DATE: Jan 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
This is Part Three of a pension/retirement series based upon two hypothetical gentlemen (John Contribore and George Benefine), both aged sixty and ready to retire. For background, see Part One, Defined Contributions versus defined benefits plans in t...
DATE: Jan 07, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
For those who might be sceptical over the Barclays Premier League’s status as the best league in the world, they only had to look at the past week to see that it deserves that label.
There was excitement in every game. All of the big clubs lost and t...
DATE: Jan 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
There is a stark difference in approach and philosophy to national debt between the PLP Government and the One Bermuda Alliance. The Government wants Bermudians to think “We’re all right, Jack”. We disagree.
In their so-called Pre-Budget Paper releas...
DATE: Jan 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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In the December 12, 2011 Pre-Budget Report (PBR) and Ministerial Statement (MS), the Finance Minister acknowledged the depth of Bermuda’s economic situation. The Minister recognises that revenue is unlikely to improve substantially and that even afte...
DATE: Jan 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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I wish to extend Happy New Year greetings to all of my readers. I also want to personally thank you for both the positive and negative comments. Just to know that so many of you take the time out to read my column, faithfully, inspires me.
As we mov...
DATE: Jan 06, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
Happy New Year Bermuda.
I will stay on the theme of our young people because each week I see or hear something that shocks me even more than what happened the week before.
This time I’m going to look at our young people’s lack of respect for authori...
DATE: Jan 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
DJLT