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An important function of education is the development of fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for future learning. The inability to read and write is one that will impede an individual's academic and social progress. The teacher is the person w...
DATE: May 13, 2010
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Bring back the ships
May 5, 2010
Dear Sir,
It sure was nice to see a cruise ship on Front Street last weekend and again this week. We have got to get more on Front Street on a regular basis so shops can start up and our economy can show signs of reco...
DATE: May 13, 2010
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Today is Thursday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2010. There are 232 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1607, English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists went ashore the next day).
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The Royal Gazette mistakenly identified Progressive Labour Party MP Lovitta Foggo as Attorney General in Saturday's House of Assembly article. She is not, she is the Government Whip.
During the debate on gaming Ms Foggo said she was mindful of a pers...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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"Lena Horne is coming on!" When I was growing up, those words were the signal to drop everything and rush to the family room, where Ed Sullivan or Perry Como or Dean Martin had just announced the next performer. At the time, I didn't understand why i...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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Today is Wednesday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2010. There are 233 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Ber...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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Some tourism ideas
May 6, 2010
Dear Sir,
I was overjoyed to read Dr. Eva Hodgson's letter published May 5, in which she asked readers to recommend solutions to "our current tourism challenge". It was such a positive letter, asking for constructive in...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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Firefighters did well
This was sent to Chief Fire Officer Vincent Hollinsid and copied to The Royal Gazette.
May 10, 2010
Dear Mr. Hollinsid,
I wish to express my deep appreciation for the quick response of your men on Sunday, May 2. I was stuck betw...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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The debate in this week's Royal Gazette on the Christmas gang truce and the merits of negotiating ceasefires with alleged criminals is a complex and important one.
In the stories, Carlton Simmons of Youth on the Move, says that the ceasefire broke af...
DATE: May 12, 2010
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Support St. George's
May 5, 2010
Dear Sir,
I would like to commend Mayor Bascome in regards to his statement in today's (Wednesday's ) paper where he said of the lack of business in St. George's due to having now two visits by the cruise ships pass S...
DATE: May 11, 2010
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