79 results returned for search: "education AND " author Khalid Wasi
There is perhaps very little difference between a supposition and a hunch. Of the two words, I think “hunch” is the more innocent. I have been a political observer for more than 40 years and for the most part the issues were clear and the political p...
DATE: Dec 04, 2018
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Khalid Wasi
There are times and indicators that cause me to have great concern for Bermuda and its future. I don’t want to paint the illusion that the rest of the world has got it and is doing great because everywhere there are political squabbles over the issue...
DATE: Oct 09, 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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I need to speak to the thorny subject of a minimum and living wage, which has been proposed as legislation. I can certainly relate to the morality of people working and earning enough to afford a roof over their heads and raise a family, with all tha...
DATE: Jul 28, 2018
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My rights! “Son, there is no such thing as ‘your rights’. The only rights that exist are the ones you create and learn to protect.”
We have so many positions we take as truths, but are merely assumptions — and society often contributes to its own ent...
DATE: Feb 24, 2018
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Khalid Wasi
When I read this year’s Budget in the relationship with the state of the economy and society, I had to fall back on my cricket analogies. The comparison I give would be that my opponent has declared at 350 and my team are on 110 and we just lost the ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2018
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Khalid Wasi
The New Year’s Eve brawl at Bermuda’s premier resort, the Fairmont Southampton hotel, was jolting news that brought a cringeworthy reminder of the violence that terrorises families and threatens too many of our youth.
For some, this is seen as a pro...
DATE: Jan 06, 2018
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Khalid Wasi
Albert Nicholl the philanthropist, aside from formerly being engaged in deep military service, lived an eclectic life but would be better known and remembered more in Bermuda for his generosity.
Some of the beneficiaries of his generosity were the f...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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Khalid Wasi
I recently wrote about Sir Henry Tucker. The motive behind it was to use our history to demonstrate the power of vision and, more specifically, to highlight the role of market leaders. Sir Henry was the classic example of the combination of business ...
DATE: Sep 06, 2017
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They say you shouldn’t drive forward while looking in the rear-view mirror. Nor, I suppose, is it any good looking ahead but through darkly tinted glass. Yet we enter an election and would be mindful to consider what has, or has not been presented, a...
DATE: Jun 14, 2017
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