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Bermuda's teachers began their current contract dispute with a fair amount of public sympathy.
There are many in the community who recognise that teaching is a hard job, requiring dedication and passion. And many also recognise that the conditions in...
DATE: Oct 31, 2002
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Dear Sir,
These few days have just shown us exactly where Bermuda's future lies. Why have all these children out of school for more than three days in one month? Has any one asked themselves why? This shows me and many of those who see and are concer...
DATE: Oct 31, 2002
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Labour Minister Terry Lister has already drawn attention to the irony of teachers educating youngsters about right and wrong and then breaking the law by playing hooky from school.
Hester's press chums were also wondering what moral right teachers ha...
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October 25, 2002
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One would have thought that after the recent debacle when it seemed that every CableVision subscriber on the Island had less than nothing to say in favour of Bermuda CableVision that the company might, however slightly, hav...
DATE: Oct 31, 2002
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October 24, 2002
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I had the pleasure of visiting Bermuda for a boarding school fair last week. It was my first trip to the Island.
I have raved about Bermuda since returning to the States. Everyone I met, from airport personnel and taxi driv...
DATE: Oct 31, 2002
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October 25, 2002
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The Secretary of the Corporation of Hamilton and others have trotted out interminable good reasons why sporting events of every description are important to the Island at large as well as to those who participate in them. T...
DATE: Oct 31, 2002
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On a regular basis I run into Bermudians with the world's best ideas. They are very critical of what exist and they have some incredible suggestions. For some strange reason they want me to promote them. They are capable people but they are unwilling...
DATE: Oct 30, 2002
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US is not above the law
October 29, 2002
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If America attacks Iraq without the agreement of the Security Council and the United Nations she will be destroying these institutions which took so long to set up and setting a dangerous precedent t...
DATE: Oct 30, 2002
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The Customs crackdown on gaming machines last week, sparked by the belief that the machines were being repaired with illegal parts, demonstrates the weakness of the Government's gambling policy.
To be sure, the Government has been on the horns of a d...
DATE: Oct 30, 2002
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The shocking daylight stabbing of a visitor on Front Street should be a wake-up call for the whole community.
While some will say that a crime is a crime and it does not matter if it happens to a resident or a local on Front Street or Court Street, t...
DATE: Oct 29, 2002
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