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Five hundred and sixty-seven thousand dollars. This is the amount of taxpayer dollars the Minister of Finance has earmarked in last month’s $15 million economic relief package, for financial aid for every student enrolled in public school, ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2022
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Dear Sir,
Why is it that all politicians have selective memories? Maybe some have not been around as long as some of our senior citizens.
May I remind the government senator Owen Darrell (“Forget me not: the OBA’s amnesia” — The Royal Gazette, May 24...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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Surely this must be a most difficult time for the rank-and-file membership of the Progressive Labour Party. All that they were against and voted against in 2017 and 2020 is now coming back to them as necessary for “their future success”. Wh...
DATE: Apr 30, 2022
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I was informed this week that my 11-year-old son had to quarantine because of positive Covid cases in his class, even though he had tested negative, wears a mask all day while inside, and participates in the twice-weekly antigen testing reg...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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In September 2019, my son started at Clearwater Middle School. They were fine up until November 2019, when the staff became disgruntled about not being heard by the Ministry of Education about their concerns about possible asbestos in the b...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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The late, great Larry Burchall wrote about many things in his Bermuda Sun opinion pieces. His voice was a powerful one over 15 or so years and, sadly, many of his grave economic predictions have come to pass. Here is one that concerns every...
DATE: Feb 12, 2022
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The negative narrative surrounding schools and Covid-19 must change. The Royal Gazette has been complicit in this throughout the pandemic, sensationalising school cases or closures, advocating for Covid “measures” that involve children, and...
DATE: Jan 27, 2022
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The Leader of the Opposition, Cole Simons, gave a Reply to the Throne Speech last week and he gave stark warnings about the rising level of youth violence and gun crime occurring on the island. He called upon the Premier to increase resourc...
DATE: Nov 16, 2021
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My family and I moved here from the United States on the Work from Bermuda Residency Certificate programme last autumn to access excellent, safe education for our children during the global pandemic. We have personally been very happy with ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2021
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Our children are our future and we must ensure they are getting a proper education, which is best done in school. We need our children to be in-person learning without the fear of a blanket 14-day quarantine.
Today I am writing to seek cla...
DATE: Oct 06, 2021
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